I'm not sure I buy that the PI has fallen out of favor.
Block, Crais, Connelly, Deaver, Coben, Mosley all sell a ton
of books, but I think we're increasingly seeing the larger
publishing houses falling into this superstar mentality - if
a book doesn't look like its going to sell a gazillion copies
all at once, the houses seem less likely take on a book or
promote it. So the only PI books that get any promotion and
mass distribution each year are the couple of dozen from the
superstar authors.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@...> wrote:
>
> Mark wrote:
>
> PI seem to have fallen out of favor since then. Is
it
> publishers being less likely to publish them,
or
> writers less likely to write them? Who are the
new,
> post-Pelecanos/Lehane, etc, PI writers?
>
> **************
> The PI is an American icon, maybe not as powerful
as
> the cowboy, but close. And like the cowboy, the
PI
> hit critical mass and then the fanfare died
down
> somewhat. There are a lot of characters
nowadays
> whose vocations parallel that of the PI, like cops
and
> lawyers. I think the popularity of the female PI
that
> started in the early 80s has helped maintain
the
> character.
>
> miker
>
>
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