--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@...> wrote:
>
> Mark wrote:
>
> Just for the record, I posted the Pelecanos
article
> because it touched on his writing process, not
to
> start a debate on dogfighting (which is outside
the
> scope of this list).
>
> Bringing it back to hardboiled/noir lit, are
there
> other books than Pelecanos's about
dogfighting?
>
> ****************
> Hmm... So we can talk about books with dogfighting
in
> them but not dogfighting itself?
Dogfighting in crime fiction is fair game and some discussion
of the practice itself would (given past practice) be
acceptable. We've discussed cockfighting in the past on this
list both in fiction and as it exists in the real world. When
you looped in the morality of killing cows, the specter of a
vegan discussion on this list seemed a possibility. If you
have any interest in the topic I highly recommend Michael
Pollan's THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA, one of the best books I've
read this year. There's probably a Yahoo group devoted to the
general topic. This ain't it.
> If I was to touch on Pelecanos's writing style in
the
> piece, I'd say he takes an unconvincing leap in
logic
> and lands right in his happy place.
>
> miker
>
I've read your last line several times and I recognize it is
intended to incisive and/or funny but be damn if I can make
sense of it. But I've been a beat behind everything
today.
Richard Moore
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