tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post2100817300904718674..comments2023-11-05T01:05:41.190-07:00Comments on International Noir Fiction: Michael Dibdin's Ratking reconsideredGlenn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-43143873752809823952011-03-28T11:37:23.466-07:002011-03-28T11:37:23.466-07:00mmmm! Interesting perspective. Have to say I reall...mmmm! Interesting perspective. Have to say I really enjoy his writing. So far I've read three and I'm enjoying them more.<br /><br />I like his cynicism but it's generally softened by humour. I especially like how he approaches the differences between the people from the various regions of Italy. The North South divide again! Haven't read any of Camilleri but I will, thanks for the recommendation. I have read some Michele Giutarri which I quite liked but not as much as the Zen books. Takes all sorts!Winifredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415302188575538163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-7375249883376994482010-04-11T07:52:12.264-07:002010-04-11T07:52:12.264-07:00Thanks Maxine--I had always wondered how U.K. read...Thanks Maxine--I had always wondered how U.K. readers looked upon writers like Elizabeth George, and I appreciate your assessment.Glenn Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-24371937856007534232010-04-11T01:41:01.113-07:002010-04-11T01:41:01.113-07:00PS Sorry, I saw you've already reviewed Inspec...PS Sorry, I saw you've already reviewed Inspector Cataldo. This is probably why I read it in the first place! I had just forgotten where I read the review when the publisher offered me a copy.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-33291270936560472472010-04-10T12:55:19.672-07:002010-04-10T12:55:19.672-07:00I prefer authors from the country itself. You ment...I prefer authors from the country itself. You mention Camilleri, whom I like a lot. I also think Gianrico Carofiglio (lawyer, set in Bari) is very good too. I have just finished Inspector Cataldo's Criminal Summer by Luigi Guicciradi, and liked that a lot too. I would always go for an author from the region concerned (if translated) in preference to an author from outside the region, "looking in", if I can. I exclude the UK, where I live, from this. I find it hilarious reading, eg, Elizabeth George or Deborah Crombie, for their ideas of what it is like living in the UK.... a sort of parallel universe!Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com