RARA-AVIS: RARA-AVIS Re: Perkins
MARK SULLIVAN (ANONYMEINC@webtv.net)
Wed, 3 Jun 1998 17:14:47 -0400 (EDT)
I certainly didn't mean to dis Ben Perkins when comparing him
to
Streeter. I am also a big fan of Perkins and all of his
friends,
including his occasional farming out of extra work to Loren
Estleman's
Amos Walker (I love cross references between series, like those
between
Gores and Stark/Westlake). I was just comparing the two
detectives'
shared arrested development. (Is it just a coincidence that the
Perkins
series stalled shortly after Perkins was forced to grow up when
becoming
a father?) In this way they both accentuate the private eye
novel's
roots in the western: the last loner adhering to an
increasingly
antiquated code while protecting society from those who would
tear it
down. Down these mean streets a man must go, be they the
streets of LA
or Laredo.
Mark
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