"a.n.smith" wrote:
> Still, I think this is an interesting argument.
Serial killers do exist,
> yes, and there are severe psychological problems
with them, but I think the
> time for the self-indulgent interest in them should
pass. The interesting
> realistic problem now seems to be the anger of the
culture, with people
> doing one-off shootings and crimes, the reasons even
less understandable,
> more beatings and unsensical massacres. Another one
in Detroit today.
> What's up with that? And where are the crime writers
ready to dig into
> those types of crimes?
I haven't read the novels you're referring to, but I'd like
to point out that there must be some social reasons for even
the most un-understandable crimes and murders - I don't
believe in the human's natural evil, but I believe that
environment makes people evil.
The writers could dig into that, and I believe that at least
George Pelecanos and Joe R. Lansdale have done just that. But
the trendy serial killer writers and films don't do. They
just wallow in meaningless killings and really are closer to
cozies than one would think in the first place.
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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