tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477956438422079368.post6639126103986045967..comments2024-03-19T06:42:22.048-04:00Comments on Paperback Warrior: The Woman ChaserPaperback Warriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237105535257849119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477956438422079368.post-73759936107355867972020-05-02T23:22:10.445-04:002020-05-02T23:22:10.445-04:00This was made into a movie. http://www.imdb.com/ti...This was made into a movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217894/Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389167969861506213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477956438422079368.post-55796023858310351522019-09-18T16:53:35.330-04:002019-09-18T16:53:35.330-04:00“'The Woman Chaser' is a great read but no...“'The Woman Chaser' is a great read but not much of a crime novel. It’s written in a hardboiled style, but it’s ultimately just the story of a schemer trying to get a movie made and released. To be sure, it is one of the best books I’ve read this year, but it’s not the kind of gun-fighting bloodbath we normally cover here. It’s just a damned interesting paperback by a crime novelist adapting his noir style to a mainstream plot with a dark ending."<br /><br />Excellent summation. Many of Willeford's books were written similarly; plot was never a particular strength of his best work, but that lack of tight narrative structure worked perfectly in concert with his voice, his perspective, to create strikingly original and absolutely compelling novels. In fact, when he did focus more on plot, as with his Hoke Moseley novels, the end result was arguably (and I say "arguably" because I know there are some who disagree with me on this point) far less remarkable.Ron Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433028755791230589noreply@blogger.com