At 07:59 PM 9/9/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I have just started reading Auster's The Locked Room,
IMHO not HB, but
>yes noir. What is people's reaction to Auster's
trilogy? Mr. Crider no
>doubt will have a wonderful knowledgeable comment.
The only influence on
>Auster that I am perceiving is Poe. Wonderful company
to be in.
A few years ago I introduced this book to a friend of mine
who worked for the British secret service (yes, as a spy). He
later told me that it had gone round the office at some
speed, and that they had a map of New York on the wall and
were plotting Stillman's route. What would Auster make of
that?
Actually I agree with you: it's not hard-boiled, just urban,
but then it's not a cozy either. Seems to me it has more to
do with theories of writing and the effect of genre on the
reader than detective fiction per se.
Cheers Chris
>Andrew
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