Kevin Smith (kvnsmith@colba.net)
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 11:18:03 -0400
Mbdevlin asks:
<<Is there anyone today who is using
humor/screwballness like Latimer? I'm thinking of something
that is quite violent, bleak, etc., but also damn funny.
>>
Well, you guys can delete a few more eggs from my account
(when do we vote on pin designs?) but I found Janet
Evanovich's first book or so featuring Joisey gurl/bounty
hunter Stephanie Plum reminiscent of Latimer's Bill Crane, in
the sometimes-jarring combination of goofy, almost slapstick
comedy and some rather surprisingly nasty violence.
Of course, what was once considered risque and shocking, back
in the thirties, is now considered almost innocent and cute
and totally fluff, but the approach is similar. Not that
Evanovich has necessarily ever read Latimer (in fact, I doubt
it).
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