At 03:15 PM 4/11/00 -0700, Doug B. wrote:
>
>One advantage of my rough definition is that
it
>includes books that seem to be hb, but don't
fit
>easily into the mystery genre (JUNKY, VALDEZ
IS
>COMING, NEUROMANCER, Bukowkski's work) but
excludes
>books that are pi novels, but seem (at least to me)
to
>lack the right attitude (a lot of later Parker, a
lot
>of later Block, Marcia Muller's WOLF IN THE
SHADOWS,
>etc.) Rather than say that these later books
are
>necessarily "bad" books (though I think the
Muller
>book is awful)it might be more accurate to say
that
>they're simply not hardboiled books.
>
I agree with the overall thrust of your
post, while disagreeing on Burroughs. Certainly most of the
books which include an allegedly "tough" PI are about as far
from hardboiled as one could get. I also agree that it has
been a long time since Block wrote anything that I recognize
as hardboiled.
James
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