<<First, this weekend I read K.C. Constantine's second
Mario Balzic
novel,
_The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself_. I liked it a lot and
would read
another novel by Constantine before I read another by Mosley.
Having
said that, I would also agree with the earlier comment that
Constantine
is not hardboiled. This observation, then, begs that
ubiquitous
question, what is hardboiled. The Constantine might be more
hardboiled
if there were broad corruption, more violence, and a more
difficult
moral economy, I think.>>
Some Constantines are more hardboiled than others. Two
examples of
hardboiled are "Always a Body to Trade" (widespread
corruption all over
the place) and "Joey's Case" (hardboiled, violent characters
- it's also
very funny and ironic).
By the way, when I suggested some books for the reading list
I forgot to
add something by Teri White (and what is she doing these
days?). Her
"Triangle" is a masterpiece. I don't know if it's in print,
though.
And how about Eugene Izzi? He wrote some great ones...and
no-one would
question his hardboiledness.
Regards,
Mario Taboada
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