Could we just get on with it, please? Geniuses? Classics?
Masterpieces? Zzzzzzz....
Could someone wake me when the class is over, and just tell
me what the reading homework is for next class?
By the way, has anyone read MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN by Jonathan
Lethem or any of John Shannon's Jack Liffey books. Both very
recommended. There are smart and original voices in
hardboiled fiction that don't just carry on the tradition,
but expand on it.
And this may be pissing in the church, but I always thought
James M. Cain to be rather over-rated. His rep rested
primarily on DOUBLE INDEMNITY and THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS
TWICE. No argument, as far as those go, but the rest of his
stuff is pretty hit-or-miss, much of it very minor, and a lot
of it isn't even very hardboiled at all (or even very
interesting). Give me his short, dirty little tales of lust
and deceit over his turgid melodramas any day.
Kevin Burton Smith The Thrilling Detective Web Site http://www.colba.net/~kvnsmith/thrillingdetective/
An A&E Mystery.com Site of the Week
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