tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post3702600437859133766..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: So Long, Donald Westlake (and Richard Stark, and Tucker Coe, and...)David Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-14081122462459654772009-01-07T11:23:00.000-08:002009-01-07T11:23:00.000-08:00Hi, David--I went and searched on the two names to...Hi, David--<BR/><BR/>I went and searched on the two names together, and you were right--a whole wealth of interesting stuff about Westlake (actually, mostly about Stark) from Banville. Thanks!David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-75049736070797849262009-01-07T11:21:00.000-08:002009-01-07T11:21:00.000-08:00Hi, Jake--Go thou and do so.Hi, Jake--<BR/><BR/>Go thou and do so.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-66923390126319579152009-01-05T14:15:00.000-08:002009-01-05T14:15:00.000-08:00Somewhere in the blogosphere are John Banville's t...Somewhere in the blogosphere are John Banville's thoughts on Westlake which I found to be pretty cool.David Thayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02914916959957388178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-73539405914375115502009-01-04T19:27:00.000-08:002009-01-04T19:27:00.000-08:00Very sad. But I'll still put "The Hook" on my read...Very sad. But I'll still put "The Hook" on my reading list.<BR/><BR/>Y'know, I started writing a review of The Ax on my blog, but never finished it... perhaps I ought to go and do that, in a commemorative fashion.Jake Jessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834903087805267419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-47746056518639866052009-01-04T19:26:00.000-08:002009-01-04T19:26:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jake Jessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834903087805267419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-45330335145219173562009-01-04T12:07:00.000-08:002009-01-04T12:07:00.000-08:00Hey, Jake--Yeah. It took the NY Times a couple pf ...Hey, Jake--<BR/><BR/>Yeah. It took the NY Times a couple pf days to get around to reporting it.<BR/><BR/>But you still have "The Hook" to look forward to...David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-11564273825560138912009-01-04T12:05:00.000-08:002009-01-04T12:05:00.000-08:00Hi, Tim--And since we've lost both Westlake and St...Hi, Tim--<BR/><BR/>And since we've lost both Westlake and Stark, it's as if we've lost two very different writers on the same day.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-77919758417686052882009-01-03T02:13:00.000-08:002009-01-03T02:13:00.000-08:00Urgh. You know, I'd just read The Ax a few months ...Urgh. You know, I'd just read <B>The Ax</B> a few months ago, the first book by Westlake I'd got my hands on.<BR/><BR/>Dying on New Year's Eve, too. How unfortunately poetic.Jake Jessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834903087805267419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-27054583000715473182009-01-03T01:27:00.000-08:002009-01-03T01:27:00.000-08:00This is sad news. Westlake was one of my favourit...This is sad news. Westlake was one of my favourite writers.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.com