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Re: RARA-AVIS: hello
On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, T. R. Johnson wrote:
> Here's a hot tip from me: Pick up Vicki Hendricks' Miami Purity, available
> on Black Lizard. Really razzle-dazzle stuff. The narrator is a woman whose
> packin some deliciously wicked (and witty) class-politics. Does anyone know
> if Vicky Hendricks plans to do more books with this narrator? Let's hope so.
>
> T. R.
If you liked "Miami Purity" (and I must confess I didn't; too often it
substituted "shocking" sleaze for good writing) then you *must* go read
James M. Cain (part of your message, which I inadvertently clipped,
indicated you hadn't). "Miami Purity" is basically a raunchier version of
"The Postman Always Rings Twice" with the gender reversed.
And since it seems the thing to do, let me introduce myself: I'm a recent
PhD (Univ. of Iowa) in American Studies and a visiting prof in
Communications at Univ. of Pittsburgh; most of my work has focused on film
(I've taught film noir courses at Pitt, my current home) but I'm
interested in pop culture broadly. I've been a hard-boiled fiction fan
since forever (the first book I ever bought for myself, with my own money,
was a Hammett omnibus; later, I did my bachelor's thesis on Chandler's
work in Hollywood) and I'm really looking forward to this group --
especially to discussions of contemporary hard-boiled writers, about whom
I know very little. So, hi all!
JRG
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John R. Groch <groch+@pitt.edu> | "Work! FINISH! THEN sleep."
Department of Communication | -- The Monster,
Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 | "Bride of Frankenstein"
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