tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post8178789141621313251..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Friday's Forgotten Books, August 26, 2016pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85342126047496217502016-08-27T15:29:32.827-04:002016-08-27T15:29:32.827-04:00Thanks for the recommendation, Deb. I've order...Thanks for the recommendation, Deb. I've ordered a book containing three of her novels--<i>King's General</i> and <i>House on the Strand</i> in addition to <i>Falcon</i>. Now I'll keep an eye out for <i>The Parasites</i>. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76711375099865618162016-08-27T08:40:29.468-04:002016-08-27T08:40:29.468-04:00I'm glad you did a lesser-known du Maurier, Pa...I'm glad you did a lesser-known du Maurier, Patti. She had a lot of dimensions to her writing, and it's nice to see some of the ones we don't see as often. And thanks for including my post in this week's links. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56536003947007410502016-08-27T07:58:17.783-04:002016-08-27T07:58:17.783-04:00Mathew--I'd still reccomen starting with one o...Mathew--I'd still reccomen starting with one of du Maurier's better-known works. If you start with FALCON (truly a minor work), you might not be interested in reading one of her more famous (for a reason) books. If you really want to start off the beaten path, I'd recommend my favorite du Maurier (one of my favorite books, period), THE PARASITES.<br /><br />JF--I meant no disrespect in my assessment of the subtext in FALCON. It's likely that my perspective was somewhat blinkered. I just found it odd that a character whose entire world seemed to be obviously filtered through that of another man would be so disgusted by someone who was "out"--and rather flamboyantly so (in a very mid-sixties way). I hadn't considered the concept of the self-loathing gay male--and I wonder if du Maurier intended that. She was, apparently, very attracted to other women (I believe one of her sisters was an out lesbian), but she married and had several children and seemed always to be fighting her same-sex attractions--which she worked out on paper in a variety of ways.<br /><br />--DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-5756943878407963112016-08-26T16:33:20.055-04:002016-08-26T16:33:20.055-04:00I've not read anything by Du Maurier, yet, but...I've not read anything by Du Maurier, yet, but Deb's review has enticed me to check out <i>Flight of the Falcon</i> in spite of her caveat to first-time Du Mauriers. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37224481294421575382016-08-26T12:22:06.470-04:002016-08-26T12:22:06.470-04:00It's not a "peculiar dichotomy" at a...It's not a "peculiar dichotomy" at all if you're gay. The self-loathing gay man who is repelled by the openly gay man not only exists in real life in abundance, but is very prevalent in genre fiction dealing with gay men and their sexual relationships whether written by straights or gays. Gore Vidal's books are riddled with men like DuMaurier's, for example. Part of the exploration of LGBT people coming to terms with themselves as sexually expressive people is the struggle to accept "gayness" in others. That struggle has always been depicted in hundreds of novels and short stories dealing with gay and lesbian identity. Not to mention one of the reasons that we still have such a high rate of suicide among LGBT teens.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53834395102383673342016-08-26T12:04:35.272-04:002016-08-26T12:04:35.272-04:00Mine's up now: As Old As Cain by M. E. Chaber...Mine's up now: <a href="http://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2016/08/ffb-as-old-as-cain-m-e-chaber.html" rel="nofollow"><i>As Old As Cain</i> by M. E. Chaber</a>J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-61349861833700985032016-08-26T11:52:15.655-04:002016-08-26T11:52:15.655-04:00As you probably know, Sergio, the Italian emigre F...As you probably know, Sergio, the Italian emigre Fabio, mononymed after his great success posing for romance-novel covers led to wider exposure, has fixed that version of the name firmly in the US collective consciousness...at least for a while longer, most likely...<br /><br />Up, sorry for the delay: FFB: Robert Arthur, editor: ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: STORIES MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD ME (Random House, 1963)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14912148954370761712016-08-26T10:36:44.140-04:002016-08-26T10:36:44.140-04:00More good stuff to read. just what I needMore good stuff to read. just what I needCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28047657943726078362016-08-26T10:27:07.327-04:002016-08-26T10:27:07.327-04:00Running late today, Patti. But my FFB post is fina...Running late today, Patti. But my FFB post is finally up. Phew!!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-5285593088173488472016-08-26T10:03:43.138-04:002016-08-26T10:03:43.138-04:00I think that the homoerotic aspects are those that...I think that the homoerotic aspects are those that perhaps tie it most evidently to the rest of her work. Ultra small point, Fabbio is the surname of the character, not his Christian name (which is 'Armino'). However, Fabio (with just one 'b') is a very popular first name in Italy. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68995035609542238202016-08-26T09:02:28.158-04:002016-08-26T09:02:28.158-04:00Very interesting assessment, Deb...I've only k...Very interesting assessment, Deb...I've only known the title of this one, hadn't pursued it. Perhaps Du Maurier noted some of the concerns that such colleagues as Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, Joan Aiken, "Vin Packer" and Muriel Spark (and Robert Bloch, Richard Condon and Cornell Woolrich) were bringing to their suspense fiction of the era, and thought she should give this kind of (somewhat more outre) character study in the suspense novel a try, a partially successful experiment. Hell, the Theodore Sturgeon novel in my anthology choice for today might well have been driven by a similar desire on its author's part...<br /><br />An engaging lot, as usual...here comes my post.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com