PatZ worries (?), "I don't seem to fit the mold of the rara
avis mystery reader. However, I amreading and enjoying the hb
and noir genre more than I would have ever thought
possible."
You'd be surprised how many of us came late to the good
stuff, from backgrounds of more or less high class/academic
reading. (Some of us still have to wear robes once or twice a
year.) First ran into the grey Mr. Crider at an academic
conference in San Antonio (Popular Culture
Association).
Somewhere in the past of this list we had an exchange on why
we read this
"stuff," a question colleagues sometimes pose. In my case
(and others), it has to do with the sense of vital prose, the
carrying on of the realistic- naturalistic tradition even
with the formula patterns. Much as I complain about Ellroy,
for instance, I find his prose envigorating--though it hasn't
made my hair ungrey.
Best,
Bill Hagen
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