I'm not sure that the hardboiled
>novel has much of a place in the mystery genre
anymore. I think this
>explains why people are trying to write books that can
cross over.
Not to be a mysogynist, I think the reason for this may be
that the majority
of "mystery" writers are women as, I assume, are readers. I
know this has
happened to science fiction also. Of the genres I think there
are more
romance novels being published than mysteries, espionage,
science
fiction/fantasy, or westerns combined. Maybe hardboiled
novels are fated to
be like jazz, relegated to its own little ghetto only
occasionally breaking
out briefly, but having a great influence on the
mainstream.
Mark Blumenthal
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