I've noticed recently that more and more hard-boiled authors
are using music in their texts. Michael Connelly uses jazz,
Harlan Coben uses musicals, Lehane uses classic rock and
modern rock, and most noticably Pelecanos uses classic
rock/funk. What do you think this does to the pieces? Does it
give them more a sense of reality? Does it punctuate certain
scenes? Does it fit? I kind of like it, however, usually when
I'm reading I'm listening to music at the same time, and find
it hard to get the music that is being used into my head.
Just curious about what the rest of the list thought as to
the author's motivations for using the music and if it is
appropriate.
-Dave
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