Saturday, December 11, 2004

Female noir

I've just read two good novels by Stella Duffy, Calendar Girl and Beneath the Blonde. I'm not wholly convinced that the method both of these adopt--telling a main story about the investigator in alternation with chapters from an initially puzzling point of view, in one case that of the stalker/murderer, in the other that of the murder victim's girlfriend--is the best way of doing things. But the writing's fun, the characters appealing and well drawn and the sensibility's very appealing.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the tip. I've got Immaculate Conceit waiting--it looks very, very fun. And of course it is all thanks to you, Sarah, that I know about Stella Duffy at all!

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