Doug Bassett (dj_bassett@yahoo.com)
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 04:35:28 -0800 (PST)
For what it's worth:
I think "hard-boiled" is a style, as much as anything else.
It's certainly possible to write a PI novel, a good one,
that's not hard-boiled (Stephen Greenleaf's stuff, for
example). I also think it's possible to write a fine
hard-boiled story that doesn't have anything to do with crime
or criminals (Charles Bukowski's stories, for
instance).
Personally, I like my PI's very hard-boiled, but that
probably says more about me than it does about the merits of
Parker, Block, Paretsky, etc. Still, I'd like to think that
I'm not alone in my tastes, and if there was a bracingly
tough PI series out there I'd be the first one in line to
grab a copy. Anyone have any suggestions?
Regarding, Higgins, I was sorry to hear about his death. I
read Friends of Eddie Coyle for the first time some months
back and it's just a masterpiece of carefully constructed
dialog. I highly recommend it.
Doug
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