tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post3888173599336457930..comments2024-03-26T05:04:01.131-06:00Comments on Gravetapping: Jack Higgins' Paul Chavasse: A Cold War SpyBen Bouldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-76085745674555513572016-06-07T06:37:49.514-06:002016-06-07T06:37:49.514-06:00Ben, I enjoyed reading your insightful essay on Pa...Ben, I enjoyed reading your insightful essay on Paul Chavasse, and I look forward to reading Part III. I haven't read "The Testament of Caspar Schultz," "Midnight Never Comes" and Dark Side of the Street" mainly because it's not easy to find Higgins' early novels in my neck of the woods. Chavasse was at his entertaining best in "The Keys of Hell" and "A Fine Night for Dying." <br /><br />I thought A PRAYER FOR THE DYING, both novel and film, were very good and Mickey Rourke fit the role of the brooding Martin Fallon, especially in the end scene. I don't know what it is about Higgins and priests and luckless women, although anyone who has read up on his early life in Northern Ireland will understand why.<br /><br />Although Patterson does repeat himself, in terms of characters, plots and settings, I find his books highly entertaining nonetheless. He is a storyteller in the truest sense, just like Jeffrey Archer.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.com