Mea Culpa - Nick Stephanos is the P.I. in George Pelecanos's
books I had in mind. Now, Geography - Its interesting to note
that certain cities are appropriated as bases for the HB/noir
genre- LeHane's Boston; Pelecanos's D.C.; Ellman's L.A.
Hiassen's Florida etc, etc. although there has been
diversification into the rural and tropical climes as of
late. Whilst toughness is not the prerogative of the urban,
it is arguable that noir is more suited to the metropolis. I
tend to associate gothic with the countryside. Now who does
Chicago?, Seattle? The association of a writer with a
particular locale does characterise the story. What would be
interesting would be to correlate the works of writers with
their particular cities and see how they evoked a sense of
place.
Jim S.
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