Comments on: Richard Greener’s “The Knowland Retribution: the Locator” http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Janice Meador http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-38482 Janice Meador Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:23:18 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-38482 I just finished reading The Knowland Retribution. I enjoyed the charaters so much that I ordered The Lacey Confession immediately, I can't wait to start reading the next adventure of Walter Sherman. Richard Greener is a great storyteller. I just finished reading The Knowland Retribution. I enjoyed the charaters so much that I ordered The Lacey Confession immediately, I can’t wait to start reading the next adventure of Walter Sherman. Richard Greener is a great storyteller.

]]> By: Film notes 2007, conclusion « Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-37300 Film notes 2007, conclusion « Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:06:10 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-37300 [...] received this note from Richard Greener, an old friend and novelist who after receiving a new heart underwent an extended period of [...] [...] received this note from Richard Greener, an old friend and novelist who after receiving a new heart underwent an extended period of [...]

]]> By: burghardt http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7942 burghardt Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:23:31 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7942 Thanks. If you have anything else to add my mailbox in now clear. Thanks. If you have anything else to add my mailbox in now clear.

]]> By: Louis Proyect http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7926 Louis Proyect Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:01:10 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7926 Burghardt, your mailbox is filled so my reply to your query bounced back to me. I referred you to excerpts of Ernest Mandel's book on the crime novel that appear here: http://marxsite.com/delightful%20murder.htm. Burghardt, your mailbox is filled so my reply to your query bounced back to me. I referred you to excerpts of Ernest Mandel’s book on the crime novel that appear here: http://marxsite.com/delightful%20murder.htm.

]]> By: burghardt http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7894 burghardt Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:18:11 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7894 I'd like to get your take, if you have time, on why the spy/detective novel has been such a fertile field for writers with left-wing sympathies. I hadn't heard of Greener's book, but I will check it out. I very much enjoy reading the newer 'left' American writers in this genre, though, for me, none of them meet the level of Greene, Le Carre or the couple that were members of a Scandinavian CP (I can't recall their names). Mosley started out with a bang and I respect the varied paths he trying to pursue. But he's inconsistent -- he sometimes lapses into cliche and his story-telling chops pale in comparison to Chandler, for example. And while his depictions of the pressures faced by African American men are often poignantly on the money, the sweep of what he has to say does not exactly pick up where Ellison and company left off. Furst's characters are wonderful. His grasp of interwar politics is impressive and his matching descriptions of the impact they had on people's lives and physical geography of Europe is often haunting. Yet he also stumbles on occasion when it come to weaving these elements into a sustained, compelling tale. Anyway, I sometimes think these writers' limits reflect the marginalized space occupied at present by the left in general. I’d like to get your take, if you have time, on why the spy/detective novel has been such a fertile field for writers with left-wing sympathies. I hadn’t heard of Greener’s book, but I will check it out. I very much enjoy reading the newer ‘left’ American writers in this genre, though, for me, none of them meet the level of Greene, Le Carre or the couple that were members of a Scandinavian CP (I can’t recall their names). Mosley started out with a bang and I respect the varied paths he trying to pursue. But he’s inconsistent — he sometimes lapses into cliche and his story-telling chops pale in comparison to Chandler, for example. And while his depictions of the pressures faced by African American men are often poignantly on the money, the sweep of what he has to say does not exactly pick up where Ellison and company left off. Furst’s characters are wonderful. His grasp of interwar politics is impressive and his matching descriptions of the impact they had on people’s lives and physical geography of Europe is often haunting. Yet he also stumbles on occasion when it come to weaving these elements into a sustained, compelling tale. Anyway, I sometimes think these writers’ limits reflect the marginalized space occupied at present by the left in general.

]]> By: Renegade Eye http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7740 Renegade Eye Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:24:06 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7740 That was a fun read. That was a fun read.

]]> By: Carter Jefferson http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7712 Carter Jefferson Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:37:21 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/richard-greeners-the-knowland-retribution-the-locator/#comment-7712 I'm sorry to hear that Richard had all that trouble, and glad he survived to continue to write. I reviewed "Knowland" for Gumshoe, A Literary Investigation, a mystery review e-zine, enjoyed it, and said so. I'm looking forward to "Lacey." If you're in touch with him, please give him my best wishes. Carter Jefferson I’m sorry to hear that Richard had all that trouble, and glad he survived to continue to write. I reviewed “Knowland” for Gumshoe, A Literary Investigation, a mystery review e-zine, enjoyed it, and said so. I’m looking forward to “Lacey.” If you’re in touch with him, please give him my best wishes.

Carter Jefferson

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