In a message dated 1/8/2002 8:12:55 PM Mountain Standard
Time,
alaiep@cubarte.cult.cu writes:
Many years ago I quit worrying over sub-classifications
within the genre. We live immersed in cliches and surrounded
by artificial boundaries, many of them the result or market
forces.
Yes, Jose, that "label thing" can be a bitch, a real
two-edged sword. On the one hand, labels help steer readers
to books that they might have an interest in, on the other
hand, such labels narrow the audience. My own books usually
get classified as part of a subgenre known as "the ethnic
detective", then I get further sub-classified as writing
"Chicano mysteries." No wonder no one's ever read my
books!
Thanks for the recommendations in your latest message. I will
try to find the ones I am not familiar with (Diez and
Padura). I might add that Daniel Chavarria's "Adios
Muchachos" is available in English. That's an entertaining
novel, with a lot of the day-to-day feel for Havana that is
in your book. Is it just a coincidence that prostitutes
appear in your and Chavarria's books, as well as Martin Cruz
Smith's "Havana Bay"?
Manuel Ramos
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