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Thanks! My next genre read is "British Golden Age of Mystery" as I haven't read Tey and only 1 of Marsh, Sayers, Simeon, James, and Rendell, plus over 40 by Dame Christie and none of so many others. You remind me so much of Christie: in her books, people and place came first so I can see the resemblance! In American fiction of the same period, style and plot (and violence) take precedence over side-characters and atmosphere. but I gotta feel , for example, the textures of floors, or the heat or the cold, etc., to really get into a book. Next genre read is "International Spy Thrillers". I will read Cruz-Smith soon! Oh, I taught myself to read on Christie (with the help of parents and 2 aunts) but I haven't read her first, Mysterious Affair at Styles, I've been saving it for years and years for its 100th anniversary, next year! I am patient! Thanks so much for answering my questions!
But may I add that your 2 novels I've read are far more dense in character and atmosphere than anything Christie wrote. I'd say that so far, it appears you're resurrecting that Golden Age and going one step further: so much more is now allowed in novels but that applies to all authors. Not every writer can emerge me into a Maharaja's (sp?) palace, for example, allowing me to completely forget the outside world (and right now in America, things are...well..I'll just say bothersome and leave it at that.)
Gorky Park is fabulous. And the movie with William Hurt, Lee Marvin as the bad guy, and Joanna Pacula was wonderful, too.
I liked the film too and one of my favourite Scots actors, Rikki Fulton, was in it
Gorky Park was a fine start for an excellent series, but my favorite remains Polar Star. Not to everyone's taste (pun intended) but much more of a deep dive (again intended) into Renko's personality. It sets the framework for every book that follows.
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Thanks! My next genre read is "British Golden Age of Mystery" as I haven't read Tey and only 1 of Marsh, Sayers, Simeon, James, and Rendell, plus over 40 by Dame Christie and none of so many others. You remind me so much of Christie: in her books, people and place came first so I can see the resemblance! In American fiction of the same period, style and plot (and violence) take precedence over side-characters and atmosphere. but I gotta feel , for example, the textures of floors, or the heat or the cold, etc., to really get into a book. Next genre read is "International Spy Thrillers". I will read Cruz-Smith soon! Oh, I taught myself to read on Christie (with the help of parents and 2 aunts) but I haven't read her first, Mysterious Affair at Styles, I've been saving it for years and years for its 100th anniversary, next year! I am patient! Thanks so much for answering my questions!
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But may I add that your 2 novels I've read are far more dense in character and atmosphere than anything Christie wrote. I'd say that so far, it appears you're resurrecting that Golden Age and going one step further: so much more is now allowed in novels but that applies to all authors. Not every writer can emerge me into a Maharaja's (sp?) palace, for example, allowing me to completely forget the outside world (and right now in America, things are...well..I'll just say bothersome and leave it at that.)
Gorky Park is fabulous. And the movie with William Hurt, Lee Marvin as the bad guy, and Joanna Pacula was wonderful, too.
I liked the film too and one of my favourite Scots actors, Rikki Fulton, was in it
Gorky Park was a fine start for an excellent series, but my favorite remains Polar Star. Not to everyone's taste (pun intended) but much more of a deep dive (again intended) into Renko's personality. It sets the framework for every book that follows.
