Ah, Loftus, a cult classic like Cedric Titus, Herbert Quain
and Pierre Menard.
I wouldn't call Loftus noir, though. I've heard his stuff
described as "halfboiled suet". Another critic wrote, more
significantly that (o. t. t. o. m. h. and correct me if I'm
wrong):
"Loftus intends to explore the operational process underlying
the influence of alterity on the creation and utilization of
language, a species of process that takes advantage of the
metastructural, hypertextual and co-textual factors in order
to arrive, ultimately or never, at the (re)production,
(re)ception and (dis)placement of such a fragment of linked
verbal interaction, in its manifestation as an example of
co-dominant discoursic practices."
Best, and it's good to see that so many halfcore fans still
remember Loftus, an unjustly neglected pulpster.
MrT
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