--- Jeff Evans <
Jeff_Evans@umit.maine.edu> wrote:
> The recent NEW YORKER profile on Ed McBain (Jan.
10)
> by Pete Hamill
> made several interesting points. He points to
a
> positive change in
> readership toward "police procedurals"--a
term
> McBain says he
> dislikes--as a result of the national
participation
> in WWII and the
> Korean War and likens the 87th Precinct series
to
> one sprawling
> multi-novel about New York City.
>
> Jeff
> --
> Regarding the multi-novel thing...I believe that
was
the author's idea all along. McBain/Hunter has said on more
than one occasion that he considers each 87th precinct book
as one chapter in a 'giant novel.' In fact his plan was to
write the last novel in the series and stick it in a vault or
something, only to be published after his passing. This was
to ensure that the 'final chapter',so to speak, would be
told. I read this several years ago, however. Whether this is
still his plan or whether he's actually written the last
novel yet, I have no clue.
Roy
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