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joenicholl 's review for:
Black Wings Has My Angel
by Elliott Chaze
This is the second time I've read Black Wings Has My Angel (1953) by Elliott Chaze. The first 80% of the book is classic-noir-crime-fiction. I felt though that the last 20% of the book got a little hazy. That would be when Tim\Kenneth gets thrown in jail in his home town for...0pps, no spoilers. But I felt that from this point on till the end the story rode off the rails and even dipped a toe in the fantastic...or a dream-like haze. I'd give some concrete reasons why I felt this way, but...no spoilers. Heck, maybe author Chaze wanted to do some fancy writing ala Faulkner, both being from Mississippi. BUT, overall I really enjoyed reading Black Wings and the very end (last page) does hold together and I understand why it has reached it classic status...3.5 outta 5.0...I'll bump it up to 4.0...-There is a very good article about both the book and the author, Elliott Chaze, called "One of the Great Unsung Crime Novels of the 20th Century " by Barry Gifford that I highly recommend reading after finishing the book.