> At 10:29 PM 4/18/00 -0400, Tribe wrote:
> >
>
> >> As to the second, does _Day Of The Locust_
cut it as HB? I
> >> think so,
> >> and I would certainly place it's name in
nomination. I haven't
> tried the
> >> Fairbairn.
> >
> >Day of the Locust isn't hard-boiled, but it sure
is noir. Same
> thing with
> >Miss Lonelyhearts. However, there is a crime in
Locust though,
> ins't there?
> >That big ass riot at the end would probably
violate most
> unlawful assembly
> >statutes.
>
>
> Yeah, but the crime(s) are not really the theme of
the book. I mean,
> you could call _Light In August_ a murder story, or
_Great Gatsby_ a
> gangster book, if you wanted to.
The riot is THE big event in the book, not peripheral in the
least. And ultimately, the riot explains and gives scope to
just about everything that preceeds it.
Tribe
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