tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172748.post2625178872447227350..comments2023-10-17T08:53:33.314+00:00Comments on One Man And His Dog: Tears On My Pillowpeter bowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18273004269523440799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172748.post-16425776317913060872009-08-25T15:49:42.626+00:002009-08-25T15:49:42.626+00:00Just finished McKinty's Bloomsday Dead, (under...Just finished McKinty's Bloomsday Dead, (under £3 + postage on Amazon) and bloody good it is too (with the emphasis on bloody). He reminds me a bit of Simon Kernick. Lots of page turning rip-roaring fun, with corpses everywhere, but like you, I do pine for the subtlety of Hammett or Chandler. But hey, its a different world out there, and as we know from Chris Grayling (knobhead) Moss Side is just like the Baltimore Projects.<br /><br />PS. - The new Pelecanos is still preachy polemic, but the man can write.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.com