Nancy's comments (member since May 30, 2008)

Nancy's comments from the What can you tell me about....? group.

I've read one of his short stories:

Paladin of the Lost Hour

and purchased one of his collections Deathbird Stories, but haven't read it yet.

Tamsin, by Peter S. Beagle
A Fine and Private Place, by Peter S. Beagle

I really loved Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.

It is a great book, Carol. I was lucky to find it through interlibrary loan. The hardcover edition in Poland was equivalent to $40. Foreign books are very expensive in Europe.

I haven't read The Kite Runner, but here's an excellent book I found out about while I was on vacation in Poland.


When God Looked the Other Way: An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption

Thanks for both of your comments!

While I was browsing at the library today, I came across some of his books. Many of them appear to be very dark, disturbing and some involve child abuse.

He's a crime writer and a lawyer and wears an eye patch.

Has anyone read his books? Where would be a good place to start?

It's been years since I read Kane and Abel. I remember there was a particularly brutal rape scene.

Anne Perry's mysteries are excellent! Along with well-drawn characters and believable historical details, there is lots of juicy gossip, social events, and fashions to go along with the business of solving crime.

Bill Pronzini is mostly a mystery writer known for his Nameless detective series starting with The Snatch in 1971, but he's also written westerns and contributed to and edited a number of horror, fantasy and mystery anthologies). A writer well worth checking out.

I haven't read any of Walter Mosley's mysteries, but really enjoyed Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, a powerful and moving collection of connected short stories about Socrates Fortlow, an ex-convict starting a new life after his release from prison.

No one mentioned horror?