It's by Laura Lippman, a reporter for that paper,who's
written three
private eye novels herself, about a Baltimore reporter turned
private eye.
And evidently, all the weenie wiggling going on here isn't
just by
academics; what's all this crap about guns and loosing teeth?
Anyone who
thinks readers of hardboiled fiction (or writers) are all
gun-toting,
fightin', shootin' he-men should read this article. Let's
face it: most
truly hardboiled guys probably don't sit around reading, much
less spending
their time discussing it on the Internet, or writing books
themselves...
And let's not turn this into a pissing contest...I don't care
how tough YOU
are...
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Kevin Smith
It's summertime, and the living is cheesy...What are you
reading this summer?
Tell us in this month's P.I. Poll on The Thrilling Detective
Web Site
http://www.colba.net/~kvnsmith/thrillingdetective/
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