> Big Bounce was literature? It's been quite some time
since I've read
> it, but literature? I can't think of a single
Leonard book that is
> literature, but many are damn fine crime
novels.
> Mark
This distinction you make between 'literature' and 'crime
fiction' is quite interesting. As a Norwegian/European reader
of most kinds of fiction - Scandinavian, British and
continental - I don't see this distinction as being
pertinent. Lots of European writers of Literature use the
'crime fiction' mode to express what they want to say in
their novels. 'Literature' and 'crime fiction' blend. As I
don't read very much American 'Literature', I can't say if
this trend also applies to the authors of Literature in the
US. But - like I said - the distinction you made, made me
think. Any comments?
Geir
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