Mario wrote:
"And the genre thing is going away, at least in publications
like the NYTBR and the NYRB (which also regularly reviews
Leonard and other crime writers)."
Why would it be a good thing if "the genre thing" vanished?
As long as
"crime writer," as you classify Leonard yourself, is a
classification and not a value judgement (as it too often is
in practice), what's wrong with it? I like the fact that
reviews like the Washington Post's Book World have a monthly
roundup of mystery reviews, along with Patrick Anderson's
weekly reviews of crime fiction in the Style section (even if
he's far more interested in thrillers than I am). I can
glance at it to see if they are covering my kind of crime
novel that month and, if so, check out some of the latest
titles, many of which I may never know about otherwise. I
also like that there are places like Rara Avis not only
dedicated to crime fiction, but crime fiction of a particular
sort.
Mark
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