tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post115854443294680626..comments2023-11-05T01:05:41.190-07:00Comments on International Noir Fiction: Yet another BruenGlenn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-1160633574747138742006-10-11T23:12:00.000-07:002006-10-11T23:12:00.000-07:00got both Calibre and Bust last month not touched e...got both Calibre and Bust last month not touched either yet...read the rest of the Brant books but none of the Taylor series....I don't tend to overanalyse what I read but have to say I enjoy the name dropping/book dropping thing in his books......gives me hints on who else I ought to read,<BR/>Colmancolmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553404694892483035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-1158981968962635072006-09-22T20:26:00.000-07:002006-09-22T20:26:00.000-07:00Glad to read about a new Brant novel on the way. (...Glad to read about a new Brant novel on the way. (What happened to Roberts, though?) Those books are like nothing else. I was especially interested in your comment that the books are true to noir. As violent as they are and as low as the characters sometimes sink, the books are so high-spirited that it's hard for me to think of them as noir. Have you read Bruen's collaboration with Jason Starr, <I>Bust</I>? (Hard Case Crime) It's as much fun as the Brant and Roberts books, and you might find it better plotted. (You'll also find the same annoying quotations from novels and pop songs that pops up elsewhere in Bruen, but this is a negligible drawback.)Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com