--- Carrie Pruett <
pruettc@hotmail.com> wrote:
> any worse than Elvis relying on Joe, Spencer
on
> Hawk, Stefanos on Dan Boyle,
> etc? and if this knocks out Angie, it knocks
out
> Patrick too (which I
> imagine some would want to do anyway - Kevin?)
and
> then, i like Bubba.
> Bubba's one of their oldest friends. I don't
think
> the typical hard-boiled
> hero turns down a favor in a jam unless there
are
> unacceptable strings
> attached
Actually I always thought that Angie was one of the most
believable depictions of a female in hardboiled fiction -- at
least recently. She seems both authentically tough and
authentically female, a tough blend to pull off.
Hell, I much prefer her to some of the characters written by
*women* (Marcia Muller, for instance).
doug
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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