tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post3036972112676364122..comments2023-12-14T10:28:43.397+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: Nobody Move, This Is A Review: 12:23 by Eoin McNameeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-81099355496631744002007-07-27T06:17:00.000+01:002007-07-27T06:17:00.000+01:00I hate to make a snap judgment based on just a few...I hate to make a snap judgment based on just a few words, but, while the idea of bringing a crime-fiction sensibility to a "real" crime story is immensely attractive, and while I like some of the examples you cite, "feeling like a fictional detective" made me cringe. When the self-reference gets explicit, the author generally loses me. This example sounds to me like a "literary" writer's idea of slumming.<BR/><BR/>But shoot, maybe I'll read this in paperback. It's a dilemma! On the one hand, the idea that parazzi bear any share of guilt is preposterous, and I find it hard to believe that Diana's possible pregnancy or espousing the Palestinian cause would drive anyone to engineer a conspiracy to kill her. On the other, an author who tells the story in the voice of a tough-talking PI obviously has a lively sense of fun. Just drop the arch self-references!<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com