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A review by liberrydude
Bordersnakes by James Crumley
3.0
More like 2.5 stars. Crumley writes in the so called “hardboiled” crime genre. I found it too over the top at times with the macho testosterone fueled violence, drinking, and drugs. The plot stretched the limits of credulity at times as well. The love and hate bromance between the two protagonists got old too quickly for me. It tries to be too cute and witty.
So we have two guys (Milo and Sughrue) who have been on both sides of the law and are now seeking vengeance and also a stolen inheritance. They wander all over Texas and California leaving a trail of bodies. And they are the good guys who always seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or a day late and a dollar short. Crumley alternates with each character telling the story. They are so much alike you find yourself checking “ who is the narrator again?” Milo is supposed to have lost his inheritance but he never seems to run out of money. Profligate spenders they would never think of staying in a Motel 6. It all ends in a violent, bizarre confrontation in Old Mexico. I’ll take Don Winslow’s narcoficante fiction any day over this hardboiled misadventure.
So we have two guys (Milo and Sughrue) who have been on both sides of the law and are now seeking vengeance and also a stolen inheritance. They wander all over Texas and California leaving a trail of bodies. And they are the good guys who always seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or a day late and a dollar short. Crumley alternates with each character telling the story. They are so much alike you find yourself checking “ who is the narrator again?” Milo is supposed to have lost his inheritance but he never seems to run out of money. Profligate spenders they would never think of staying in a Motel 6. It all ends in a violent, bizarre confrontation in Old Mexico. I’ll take Don Winslow’s narcoficante fiction any day over this hardboiled misadventure.