I think Kevin's got a point about US publishers not wanting
non-US settings. Even the heraled Jose Latour's Outcast is
set more in Florida than in Cuba, is published by a small
press and written in English. I haven't seen any of his
Spahish books translated.
Even very good foreign, but English language hardboiled
seldom gets published here. As Kevin pointed out, the US
publication of Peter Corris is very hit and miss. Has Timlin
ever been published in the States? All of my copies are Brit.
And although many of the Mask Noir and Fresh Blood authors
have made it onto US bookshelves, they come from publishers
who operate on both sides of the Atlantic (Serpent's Tail) or
in US distributed foreign editions (Do Not Press).
However, as far as Toronto goes, US audiences should be used
to it, we see it all the time on TV and in movies. Of course,
it's never called Toronto. It's usually standing in for New
York.
Mark
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