tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post6064019455182822932..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: DAVID CORBETT - DO THEY KNOW I'M RUNNING (2010)col2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-30102754590686056882013-06-20T00:05:14.123-07:002013-06-20T00:05:14.123-07:00Barbara, thanks for your comments. Yes I don't...Barbara, thanks for your comments. Yes I don't think it's a book you can forget in a hurry. I have his others on mount TBR, but I'm unsure when I will get to them. I'm off to try and track down your review now. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-2218628184546296872013-06-19T16:19:58.407-07:002013-06-19T16:19:58.407-07:00When I read this book, there were some things I kn...When I read this book, there were some things I knocked in my review (I found the number of plot threads hard for my lazy brain to track and one of the scenes seemed too shockingly violent - though I wouldn't call it gratuitous at all) - but it has stayed with me longer than any book I've read in years. The writing is high quality, and the story of a young man trying to lead the way from El Salvador to the US border against terrible odds was kind of an Odyssey for the present moment in my country. I've loved all of his books. Far from the violent thrillers that people read for escapist entertainment - really though-provoking and memorable.- Barbara FisterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-85134288420733442972013-06-18T11:39:46.090-07:002013-06-18T11:39:46.090-07:00Tracy, I hope you cross paths with him soon then!Tracy, I hope you cross paths with him soon then!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-51455160563610818082013-06-18T09:07:27.605-07:002013-06-18T09:07:27.605-07:00Although I am sure this is too dark and gritty for...Although I am sure this is too dark and gritty for me, the subject of decent people trying to survive does sound very good and very timely. If I see any of his books at a booksale, I will add them to my growing TBR pile.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-14808653533951838592013-06-17T20:45:07.485-07:002013-06-17T20:45:07.485-07:00Moira, sadly not.......She was seated on a milk cr...Moira, sadly not.......She was seated on a milk crate in the far corner, knees clenched tight, fists tucked beneath her arms. She had the slinky build of a dancer, a graceful neck, two dark moles dotting the hollow of her throat. Her lips were ripe and womanly but real, not plumped by a needle. She wore a white cotton top, jeans, sandals, her long black hair parted on one side and tied into a ponytail - a simple look, Roque thought, but this was no simple girl. She was a pichona, a stone beauty, and yet beneath the cocky edge he sensed damage, her face almost feral in its blankness, the mark of some thug's backhand darkening her cheek.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-47617818978568800462013-06-17T10:40:27.779-07:002013-06-17T10:40:27.779-07:00Although this sounds a bit too hard-boiled for me...Although this sounds a bit too hard-boiled for me, I am always intrigued by books with a theme of immigration/emigration, and as Margot says, the outsider thing too. So if I didn't have such a big TBR pile already... Can't help asking you, does Lupe the beautiful singer wear nice clothes?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-24892944805848255382013-06-17T08:41:16.348-07:002013-06-17T08:41:16.348-07:00Margot, thanks. It was a wee bit different from my...Margot, thanks. It was a wee bit different from my regular crime reads, a bit more thought-provoking.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-34083417102946219882013-06-17T06:56:22.330-07:002013-06-17T06:56:22.330-07:00Col - It does sound like a solid look at some of t...Col - It does sound like a solid look at some of the harsh realities that some people face in the U.S. I'm intrigued too by the theme of 'the outsider.' Thanks for the fine review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com