Jim,
I never raised a question, I was simply stating my thoughts on how NY
publishers would label these books if they were being published today
(of course, it's quite possible none of them would be able to be
published today, at least not by NY, but that's a different issue).
Personally I think of them as simply crime novels. I do find your
recent battling once more at windmills with your one man definition of
thrillers interesting--so you're going to completely ignore ITW's
definition which does recognize horror, supernatural and other
thrillers where no mystery is involved???
--Dave
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY <jimdohertyjr@...> wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> Re your question below:
>
> "So would Red Harvest, The Big Sleep, Postman Always Rings Twice, etc.
> maybe even The Dain Curse."
>
> RED HARVEST. Yes.
>
> THE DAIN CURSE. Yes.
>
> THE BIG SLEEP. Maybe.
>
> THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. I'd say no, but I won't argue if
you feel it qualifies. It's kind of like whether James Bond is
hard-boiled or not. You can agree on the definition, but not on
whether a particular example fits.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
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