--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Channing wrote:
>
> That is some sweet social commentary. I will
suggest
> that both Himes and Spillane have social
commentary
> but Himes'is just a wee bit more subtle.
>
> ************
> Miker wrote:
>
> Choosing to interpret the rantings of the
protagonist
> as the social subtext is a straw man argument. If
you
> so desired, you could find plenty of similar
rantings
> in Himes's work. And if I wanted to play that game,
I
> could derive plenty of nasty social commentaries
from
> Himes that you probably wouldn't feel
comfortable
> with.
>
IIRC, Spillane (Mike Hammer) takes a cut at Uncle Sam and Big
Brother in BLACK ALLEY. I don't remember the context it was
used in, but reading the comment gave me pause. I do remember
I enjoyed reading BLACK ALLEY.
Ed
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