tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post261657620333937682..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: 2 BY JACK CLARKcol2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-89184034826693614182015-06-02T20:28:19.866-07:002015-06-02T20:28:19.866-07:00I do like Chicago as a setting. The Mark Smith boo...I do like Chicago as a setting. The Mark Smith book I have on the go is a Chicago one also.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-49761065604241875552015-06-02T15:24:39.349-07:002015-06-02T15:24:39.349-07:00Stories about Chicago sound interesting. I will ch...Stories about Chicago sound interesting. I will check out your review now.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-48119640563315446322015-05-27T20:52:40.743-07:002015-05-27T20:52:40.743-07:00When I pulled the bits together for the post, I th...When I pulled the bits together for the post, I thought I'd have a look at his writing and I've been steadily working my way through the book ever since. It's a fascinating read - observations and reminiscences on Chicago and how his neighbourhoods have changed in the past 50 years.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-78390472427697230682015-05-27T12:30:53.239-07:002015-05-27T12:30:53.239-07:00It's a cliché about cab drivers and who they h...It's a cliché about cab drivers and who they had in the back of the cab - but I think they often do have good stories to tell. One to watch.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-79872888528380041322015-05-27T03:01:04.788-07:002015-05-27T03:01:04.788-07:00It's funny how I'm drawn to these kind of ...It's funny how I'm drawn to these kind of tales-reports-narrations - call them what you will. I read JW Nelson's LA Limo Tales earlier this year. Plus I recently re-visited a blog post from December, 2012 - Dan Fante's Corksucker - 8 stories looslely narrated around an LA cab driver.<br /><br />Dan Fante is the son of 30's and onwards author John Fante. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-9127401493965074782015-05-27T02:49:32.873-07:002015-05-27T02:49:32.873-07:00Col, Jack Clark is not the first cab driver-cum-pu...Col, Jack Clark is not the first cab driver-cum-published writer I have heard of. Someone like him in India would have been instantly famous.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-54594183271504870662015-05-26T04:28:46.862-07:002015-05-26T04:28:46.862-07:00I'm probably a third of the way through this a...I'm probably a third of the way through this and I'm enjoying it. It's interesting to get an insider's view on a city and how it functions - albeit some of these pieces are maybe 20 years old. <br />Disputes between taxi drivers and local government, how the small man gets squished when the movers and shakers who have the ears of the politicos have a complaint which is trivial in the extreme and merely a misunderstanding - one man loses his livelihood.<br />There's another excellent piece on the laying to rest of the unclaimed dead - the unfortunate homeless and skid row inhabitants who pass. Sometimes you don't need to be homeless, sometimes the lack of a family or friends is enough to be unmourned. <br />I hope you get the time to read something by him, either fiction or non! col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-52577597099484886892015-05-26T04:19:18.985-07:002015-05-26T04:19:18.985-07:00I like that title Hack Writing a lot, Col - very c...I like that title <i>Hack Writing</i> a lot, Col - very clever. I've heard of Clark, but haven't (yet) read his work. I mean to though, at some point, so I'll be interested in what you think of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com