Thanks. Thought so.
----- Original Message ---- From: Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 21,
2007 5:09:35 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Allan Guthrie's Top
200 Noirs
---
Robert Elkin <rictusaporia@ yahoo.com> wrote:
> Maybe I'm just overly cynical, Patrick, but in
my
> experience most people delight in maliciousness
of
> one sort or another on a pretty regular
basis--did
> you mean the first half of what I quoted to apply
to
> the second part, or were you just pointing to
"Ed
> McBain"'s portrayal of criminals as
existential
> instead of ideal?
************ ********* ********* ********* *********
******
The latter.
Patrick King
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ _
Looking for last minute shopping deals?
Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools. search.yahoo.
com/newsearch/ category. php?category= shopping
<!--
#ygrp-mkp{ border:1px solid
#d8d8d8;font-family:Arial;margin:14px 0px;padding:0px
14px;}
#ygrp-mkp hr{ border:1px solid #d8d8d8;}
#ygrp-mkp #hd{
color:#628c2a;font-size:85%;font-weight:bold;line-height:122%;margin:10px
0px;}
#ygrp-mkp #ads{ margin-bottom:10px;}
#ygrp-mkp .ad{ padding:0 0;}
#ygrp-mkp .ad a{ color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;}
-->
<!--
#ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc{ font-family:Arial;}
#ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc #hd{ margin:10px
0px;font-weight:bold;font-size:78%;line-height:122%;}
#ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc .ad{ margin-bottom:10px;padding:0
0;}
-->
<!--
#ygrp-mlmsg {font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica,
clean, sans-serif;}
#ygrp-mlmsg table {font-size:inherit;font:100%;}
#ygrp-mlmsg select, input, textarea {font:99% arial,
helvetica, clean, sans-serif;}
#ygrp-mlmsg pre, code {font:115% monospace;}
#ygrp-mlmsg * {line-height:1.22em;}
#ygrp-text{ font-family:Georgia;
}
#ygrp-text p{ margin:0 0 1em 0;}
#ygrp-tpmsgs{ font-family:Arial; clear:both;}
#ygrp-vitnav{
padding-top:10px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;margin:0;}
#ygrp-vitnav a{ padding:0 1px;}
#ygrp-actbar{ clear:both;margin:25px
0;white-space:nowrap;color:#666;text-align:right;}
#ygrp-actbar .left{ float:left;white-space:nowrap;}
.bld{font-weight:bold;}
#ygrp-grft{ font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;padding:15px
0;}
#ygrp-ft{ font-family:verdana;font-size:77%;border-top:1px
solid #666; padding:5px 0;
}
#ygrp-mlmsg #logo{ padding-bottom:10px;}
#ygrp-vital{
background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:2px 0 8px
8px;}
#ygrp-vital #vithd{
font-size:77%;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#333;text-transform:uppercase;}
#ygrp-vital ul{ padding:0;margin:2px 0;}
#ygrp-vital ul li{ list-style-type:none;clear:both;border:1px
solid #e0ecee;
}
#ygrp-vital ul li .ct{
font-weight:bold;color:#ff7900;float:right;width:2em;text-align:right;padding-right:.5em;}
#ygrp-vital ul li .cat{ font-weight:bold;}
#ygrp-vital a{ text-decoration:none;}
#ygrp-vital a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;}
#ygrp-sponsor #hd{ color:#999;font-size:77%;}
#ygrp-sponsor #ov{ padding:6px
13px;background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;}
#ygrp-sponsor #ov ul{ padding:0 0 0 8px;margin:0;}
#ygrp-sponsor #ov li{ list-style-type:square;padding:6px
0;font-size:77%;}
#ygrp-sponsor #ov li a{
text-decoration:none;font-size:130%;}
#ygrp-sponsor #nc{
background-color:#eee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0
8px;}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad{ padding:8px 0;}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad #hd1{
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#628c2a;font-size:100%;line-height:122%;}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad a{ text-decoration:none;}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad p{ margin:0;} o{font-size:0;}
.MsoNormal{ margin:0 0 0 0;}
#ygrp-text tt{ font-size:120%;} blockquote{margin:0 0 0
4px;}
.replbq{margin:4;}
-->
____________________________________________________________________________________
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 21 Dec 2007 EST