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Re: RARA-AVIS: Locale
On Tue, 21 Jan 1997 AnnyMiddon@aol.com wrote:
: But what about small towns, farming communities, backcountry? To be
: sure, a place like the desert outside Las Vegas is a good spot to
: get rid of a body or hold a "questioning" session without worry
: about interruptions. But can a hardboiled novel take place entirely
: in a nonurban setting?
Aside from the other examples people have given (a number of which I
didn't recognize, so there's more to check out), there's Charles
William's _The Hot Spot_ (adapated a few years ago for a Don Johnson
movie). It takes place in some small town in California somewhere,
IIRC. It's small - but it's *hot*. I bet a lot of the small towns
are steamy hot, and drive people to unthinkable acts. Where does that
Chandler line about the wind coming in and wives eyeing the kitchen
knife come from?
Bill
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