Gordon Williams RIP (1934-2017)

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Co-creator of Hazell, Gordon Williams, died a few days ago.

www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/21/gordon-williams-obituary

I've read The Siege of Trencher's Farm and it's a rip roaring pulp thriller - the kind of thing you can blitz through in an afternoon. I much prefer it to the film adaptation, Straw Dogs.

Would love to read some of his other novels including the Hazell stories but they're hard to find, as someone says in the comments section he seems an unjustly neglected writer.

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Probably the sole creator of 'Hazell'.

RIP Gordon.

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Aug 25, 2017 19:01:03 GMT ltd said:

I've read The Siege of Trencher's Farm and it's a rip roaring pulp thriller - the kind of thing you can blitz through in an afternoon. I much prefer it to the film adaptation, Straw Dogs.

I need to read this! I may even have it somewhere.

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Aug 26, 2017 8:01:08 GMT @maninasuitcase said:

Probably the sole creator of 'Hazell'.

RIP Gordon.

I dunno, Williams always claimed him and El Tel were equal partners in Hazell's creation.  I suspect the plotting was mostly down to Williams with Hazell's cockney wideboy mannerisms and one liners being Venables. Interesting that Williams regarded Venables as quite an introverted person away from the camera, hidden depths and all that.