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Enjoyable noir
With this
book I started reading the noir trilogy by Richard Matheson, which deviates a
lot from his subsequent production related to speculation fiction.
“Someone Is
Bleeding” is a short novel characterised by the vintage charm of noir (actually
it was originally published in 1953).
Some parts
are perhaps a bit hasty, even if, all things considered, there was no need to
dwell much in them.
As often
happens in his books, we have the usual male protagonist in trouble, who is brave
but a little weak.
The plot
itself is not intricate, but events happen so quickly that you have no time to
think. What you really don’t understand is what the characters do in their
life. The protagonist is a writer, but you never see him writing throughout the
story.
The ending
is not predictable, although in part the reader can get to figure out who the
culprit is.
The prose
is excellent, as always.
Someone Is Bleeding on Amazon.
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