<<<<<<< Kevin Burton Smith says:
This is just a sidebar, I know, but I always thought of
Hiassen's stuff as carrying on the tradition of hard-boiled
screwball types like Jonathan Latimer, Craig Rice and Shell
Scott.
>>>>>>>
I'd agree with that. Sometimes it's a little hard to figure
who belongs in the HB category and who doesn't. I mean,
Christie is definitely out and Chandler is definitely in, but
Stout --?
But Hiassen belongs if Willeford does, since CH is clearly a
direct descendant of CW, at least in his first few books. Now
that he's gone all soft and preachy, I tend to give him a
miss.
BobT
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