>
>It's almost like Willeford is writing an expose of the
worst tendencies
>of men. Still, I don't get a sense that he is dealing
with gender the
>way Ellroy sometimes seems to deal with race and
sexual
>orientation--it's almost like Ellroy sets his books in
the past so he
>can spout bigotry and homophobia with impunity, but
with the escape
>clause that "it's not me, it was the times."
Not sure about Ellroy's homophobia, which is sort of a
loaded
word anyway. _Big Nowhere_ struck me as a rather sympthetic,
albeit bleak,
take on homosexuality.
James
>
James Michael Rogers
jetan@ionet.net
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