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By CHRIS HANDAL
Book Critic
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The Unforgiven, by
Patricia J. MacDonald, is
another in a long line of
books attempting to
capitalize on the popularity
of horror novels.
Books like this, however,
do not contribute to the
genre? they tarnish it. The
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are the author, for writing 1
the book, and Dell, for <
publishing it and thereby <
encouraging her to write
again.
The book suffers from
many maladies, the first
being poor characterization.
Fraser has just been
released from prison and
goes to the small island of
Heron's Neck to make a new
life for herself. MacDonald
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SEMPLE SHARES his friend
ne "auteur theory" (thedirectoi
movie). "It's a joke. It begar
an't be a work of art without ?
fork of art can't be by a com
lanny Farber and those critics
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novies, in the old days as well as
ne person but by a collaboration
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written and when it's cast. The
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Lobert Altman ? whose films, ii
losses ? who control everythin
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realistic. When compared to
Norman Mailer's portrayal
of Gary Gilmour in The
Executioner's Song, ,
Fraser's troubles with
settling in are mild.
BEYONI) THE poor
characterization, the plot is
faulty. The reader learns
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g and deserve all the credit,
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mes Bond picture that will
to do one more. It will be
nigh. I'm also working on a
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d may direct this one," he
p for nine months deciding.
what his second directorial
)lame him. But if he decides
hey're negotiating now."
balls in the air these days,"
-ojects fall apart overnight,
vhen the phone rings."
that Fraser was sent to a '
prison for murder. Of
course, she did not commit
the murder but the case
against her was airtight.
Later in the novel, the
reader finds out the circumstances
surrounding the
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Fraser and her lover are
driving home from a hotel.
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there appears a figure V
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