Saturday, June 13, 2020

Book review - "Blue City" by Ross MacDonald (1947)

Filmed with Brat Packers in the 80s - it is about a young man, but here he's a war veteran which is a hell of a difference from an 80s Brad Packer. This reminded me actually of a Western - lone man goes into town, finds out his paw was shot dead in the main street, deals with crooks and an uncertain constabulary, falls for a girl from the saloon (they have sex).

Fresh writing, the hero makes mistakes, quite a high death toll. Tough dialogue. I enjoyed this.

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