The book (aka JACK'S RETURN HOME) has a number of
fans on the list,
> though I couldn't get into it myself.
> Bill
> --
I think the thing with the original "Get Carter" flick is
that it comes just as much from the tradition of UK films
from the 1960's - such as
"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", "The L-Shaped
Room" & "The Killing of Sister George" ( actually
directed by US film-noir legend Robert Aldrich, IIRC) &
the films of Ken Loach, for the most part grim, unflinching
portrayals of working class life in Britain - as it does from
the hardboiled tradition.I also think that most American HB
has a strong streak of romanticism, if not downright
sentimentality.I don't think one approach is more valid than
the other - the writer has to express his/her individual
vision using the means at his/her disposal. There is an
infinite number of colours & textures an artist could use
& I think they should be used. To put it another way, I
love mango icecream but I'd go nuts (& get ill) if I ate
nothing but icecream.Similarly, just reading fiction about
likeable people I would feel I was missing something
important in my "diet".Besides, "bad people" fascinate me.
Was it Marcus Aurelius who said, "Nothing that is human is
alien to me"? Rene.
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