I’m reading one of Peter Robinson’s mysteries, and it seems like this very solid writer really messed up by constructing his novel around one crime nobody cares about : the copyright violation.
I mean you might care about it hugely in real life but would you want to read an entire novel about this scary villain who – oh horror! – sold illegal copies of Star Wars videogames?
This is a kind of crime that stands even lower on the hierarchy of suitable plots for a mystery novel than the murderer of an adult male.
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RE books: Have you read “John Irving’s latest novel, In One Person”? I read a review and wondered whether you would like it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-firestone/identity-sexuality-and-so_b_1554368.html
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I’m afraid the novel is another Middlesex, that is an attempt to titillate bored housewives with stories of “unusual” sexualities. I was very disappointed by The Cider House Rules and do not expect anything other than an attempt to cash in on juicy topics from this author.
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I’m intrigued. What does he do to try and make it interesting?
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He did kill off a young female character to add some excitement. However, I’m already bored to death of the endless details of how pirated CDs are made, shipped and distributed.
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