Hello, all.
Teri Stock wrote:
> what appeals to you about hard-boiled
mysteries?
I like the fact that hard-boiled mysteries
have none of fiction's usual escape routes. Hard-boiled
characters are subject to human limitations (lust, greed,
fear, despair, etc.), and for this reason they seem more real
to me. Any victory they have is either short-lived or an
illusion.
Since hardboiled fiction is still fiction
at heart, writers are obliged to meet reader expectations. I
like watching an author write his way into a corner, and then
write his way out (not necessarily to a positive end).
As far as other reading, I like myteries
with a comic spin (e.g. Fletch and Myron Bolitar). I also
enjoy spy books (Fleming, Bill Granger) and thrillers (David
Morrell, William Diehl).
Gerald
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