![]() ![]() Like many a classic opening line, it seems as effortlessly pleasurable as the first whiskey of the evening, or at least that’s how Crumley might have put it: ![]() James Crumley claimed the opening paragraph of The Last Good Kiss (1978) took him two months to write compared to the relatively short twelve months for the rest of the novel. You can rewrite and rephrase the same sentence again and again in the elusive hope it will read well enough to grab the attention of agents and editors. Here’s a snippet from my review:Īnyone who has ever attempted to write fiction will know how important– and agonisingly difficult-your opening line is to write. Funnily enough, I was reading the novel around the same time I interviewed the novelist Craig McDonald, and he discussed at length the influence Crumley had on his writing. Sughrue about five years ago, and it was wonderful to revisit the character to review the novel for Shotsmag. I first read about the exploits of Crumley’s endearingly amoral private detective C.W. The 1978 publication of The Last Good Kiss was a turning point not only in the career of its author James Crumley but also in the crime genre itself. ![]()
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