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- From: ah@dunaad.co.uk (Alan Hunter)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.books
- Subject: Re: Police Procedural (Was Re: Sjowall & Wahloo)
- Message-ID: <C01440.FM3@dunaad.co.uk>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 16:21:35 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.141208.22661@samba.oit.unc.edu> <Bzz7zL.C2o@dunaad.co.uk> <1992Dec29.151556.553@speedy.aero.org>
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- Miriam Nadel writes:
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- >(re Reginald Hill)
- >What I find most enjoyable
- >about the series is the way Dalziell has gotten depth, instead of just
- >being a slob and a boor.
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- Persistenly finding ways for him to act entirely in character, yet against
- characterature. Just like a human being.
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- >I was sorry that Sergeant Wield was almost
- >invisible in the most recent book in the series, since he's one of the
- >better fleshed out secondary characters around.
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- I like him too.
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- >Hill also has written a number of suspense novels under the name "Patrick
- >Ruell" which are well-plotted but have less humor.
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- Thanks, I didn't know that.
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- Alan
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