I forgot to update this. I didn't read any Shell Scott books
last month, but I was glad to see some others had and talked
about them. I was thinking that next month we could try
talking about work and the work ethic in hardboiled fiction.
People have quoted Donald Westlake on how he uses the Parker
books to look at work; it's important in Mr. Pelecanos' work;
fictional PIs have a job that endangers their lives and
doesn't pay much but they still slog on because it's what
they do. Especially when their partner is killed.
If anyone has any good titles on this theme, let me know, and
I'll list them. Then anyone who wants to read one or more and
chip in. In May I thought we could tackle Dorothy B. Hughes:
is she or isn't she? After that I think the collections of
letters from Hammett and Chandler will be out in North
America and the Commonwealth, so we can look at them.
Bill
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