> Maybe I didn't quite get across what I
was
> thinking in my comment the other day,
regarding
> the character with the dog in George
Pelecanos'
> _Hell to Pay_. Sure, training your dog to
take
> part in a dogfight is pretty hard, but in the
scheme
> of the book, the character's love for his dog,
and
> his despair when the dog loses and one of his
pals
> summarily executes it, does do something
to
> humanize him. This is, after all, the
hard-edged
> street as imagined by George Pelecanos. I'd
never
> want to meet any of these characters myself--I
was
> just trying to get across the idea that they are
pretty
> scary, yet also believable and realistic--not
some
> cookie-cutter psychos, but individuals.
>
No, you were quite clear, Craig. I just saw the opportunity
for a cheap shot & couldn't resist. What can I say? It's
in my nature (as the scorpion said to the turtle).
Rene
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