Re: RARA-AVIS: Sharyn McCrumb

Fred Willard (fwillard@bellsouth.net)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:49:01 -0400 >From:billha@ionet.net (Bill Hagen)

> I guess my overall point is that we should be more open to folks who break
> the boundaries.

I couldn't agree more. One of the reasons genres die is that they
implode. They become parodies of themselves.

As an example, all the frenzied imitations of Donald Westlake
really damaged the caper. These days if you call a book a caper,
you'll have a hard time selling it.

But if you look at Hiaasen, Leonard, and newer writers like
Shames you see the caper is alive and well, looking a little
different, and called by another name, but there's no mistaking the
Westlake lineage.

Fred

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