Re: RARA-AVIS: Locale/ COUNTRY HB?

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• Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Locale/ COUNTRY HB?
• From: tosh@pop.loop.com (Tosh)
• Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:50:33 -0800
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>A college English professor (and friend of mine) swears that
>Chandler is not really a hard-boiled writer, but rather a misplaced
>Romantic. I don't agree with him totally, but I see his point about
>Chandler being a Romantic. --Richard King (rking@vunet.vinu.edu)
>
>I would agree with the English Professor that Chandler is a romantic
>writer.  But then again, perhaps we need to redefine the term hard-boiled.
>Personally I think hard-boiled can allow 'romantic' with despair (that is
>sometimes a romantic notion) with a "cold" view of the world.

Oh by the way I am reading the Max Latin book, and it's great!  Thank you
to the person on the list who wrote that review.  I suggest the people on
this list try to locate the book - it's worth it!

Tosh Berman
TamTam Books


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