tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post1436083020334862884..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: "The night is darkest just before the dawn"TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-50659728290678144272011-06-03T01:23:44.809+02:002011-06-03T01:23:44.809+02:00Mr. Pronzini, thank you once again for taking the ...Mr. Pronzini, thank you once again for taking the time to respond to my blog and I think it's your own peculiar recipe that attracts a larger variety of readers to your stories. The Nameless stories uphold two different traditions within the genre and they're fairly successful in doing so... add character development and different approaches and you have a series that can be enjoyed by devotees of P.I. stories, thriller fans and classicists alike. <br /><br />These book also want to make me give Raymond Chandler another shot!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-22562346571497505432011-06-02T18:56:48.281+02:002011-06-02T18:56:48.281+02:00This books sounds like an interesting fusion betwe...This books sounds like an interesting fusion between the contemporary school and the GAD school. Pronzini's character development, for me, usually adds to the story instead of distracting from it.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-46022106563351744152011-06-02T02:50:26.346+02:002011-06-02T02:50:26.346+02:00Another thoughtful review; thanks. If my work hel...Another thoughtful review; thanks. If my work helps ease you into a liking for contemporary crime fiction with a basis in the classics, I couldn't be more pleased. One of my intentions in the Nameless series all along has been to combine the classic private story with the classic fair-play (often "impossible") detective story, and by twists and turns and development of character, evolve it into a hybrid with my own unique (some might say peculiar) stamp. The fact that you and others in the blogosphere seem to be responding well to Nameless tells me that I've succeeded as least moderately well.Bill Pronzininoreply@blogger.com