Friday, October 06, 2006

Maxine scolds David Montgomery ...

... gently, of course: Ten greatest (male) detective novels. I have to side with Maxine on this.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:10 AM

    I don't read too much crime fiction unless it's also quite literary in style. But that said, I quite like P.D. James. How can someone make a list leaving her out?

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  2. Anonymous12:41 PM

    When compiling the list, I gave careful consideration to books by a wide variety of authors, including women (of course). I just couldn't come up with any detective novels by female writers that I thought were better than what was on the list.

    (I left out PD James because I haven't cared for her work. But I haven't sampled very much of it.)

    Of course, had I know it would stir up this controversy, I probably just would have kept my mouth shut!

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  3. No, no, David. If you had known it would stir up controversy, you would have to proceed full steam ahead!

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