Speaking for myself and not all double-X's (I much prefer
Crowe as Maximus and Spacey in LA Confidential, and no
actress can hold a candle to Robyn Benincasa) but I read
hardboiled because it's not BORING. A hitch in the plot in an
Elizabeth George and a Dennis Lehane novel will have me
throwing both against the wall, but I'll pick up Lehane,
while Lizzie goes into the library donation pile.
Hardboiled is sharp-edged and clean, even when it's by a
writer I don't like or agree with, such as Vachss. That
hard-edged writing quality that seems to owe a lot to Zola is
hard to find and I've gotten so jaded that I won't put up
with a writer "expressing his/herself" any more. Just tell me
the damn story. Hardboiled writers do that, or at least many
do.
(Joyce Carol Oates is like fingernails on a
blackboard.)
Cheers,
Sally
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