Kerry wrote of Ellroy's criminal self-promotion (pun
intended, I mean it both ways):
"Some of it goes to credibility, veracity. In the same way
that Hammett's experience as a Pink contributed to the
credibility of his stories (yes, they're fiction, but do they
have the ring of truth?), Ellroy's experience as a lowlife
contributes to the veracity of his stories."
So, to pick just one, Donald Westlake's work lacks veracity
because he is "nothing but" a damn good writer?
Mark
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