12-28-2021, 01:59 PM
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Andrew Vachss Has Died
This was announced on his official website earlier today:
http://www.vachss.com/index.php His Wikipedia entry was updated later. He was both a hardboiled crime writer and a lawyer who worked as a fierce advocate for children and youth. |
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12-28-2021, 04:08 PM
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His resume is very impressive.
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12-28-2021, 06:02 PM
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12-29-2021, 06:26 AM
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I love some of his standalone work. Shella is a remarkable portrayal of an autistic assassin. It's the Way I Roll was also great, about a wheelchair bound hitman who used his brilliant mind to do his job. He has an anti-white supremacy thread in his work. His series stuff is popular, but I prefer the standalone stuff. Great writer.
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12-29-2021, 09:31 AM
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I went through something of an Andrew Vachss period. I even bought his wife's nonfiction book called "Sex Crimes" (about her time as a prosecutor).
Yesterday, I posted a short tribute to him on Medium: https://critteranne.medium.com/autho...d-ed527e5c3087 I also recommend this Twitter post from Joe R. Lansdale: https://twitter.com/joelansdale/stat...661222912?s=20 |
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12-30-2021, 08:11 AM
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Now THAT is a damn shame!
I read, and have owned, the first 6 or so hardbacks in First Edition. He was a wonderful writer. |
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12-31-2021, 10:24 AM
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On Twitter yesterday, somebody noticed that no mainstream media outlets seemed to have picked this up.
 The closest to a mainstream media article was one on Bleeding Cool. My little Medium article comes up on the first page of Google results if I Google Andrew Vachss death. Another Medium writer's article comes up on the first page if you Google Andrew Vachss obituary. That's sad. |
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12-31-2021, 11:09 AM
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I doubt Vachss would have cared less.
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