----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sullivan" <
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net>
> 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?
Maybe he's such a damn good thief he hasn't been caught
yet.
Al
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