Sadness at the end of the Ross Macdonalds? I prefer the word
"bittersweet." The detective may have won this round, but the
prices that were paid by the innocent were steep, and the the
only way to win the game is to quit.
A good working description of "Pop Culture" (i.e, pop
fiction) could be
"traditional middle class values on triall in a carnival
atmosphere." Consider anything in the supermarket tabloids,
the OJ trial, the Au Pair trail in New England, and the six
year old kid in Miami right now. That's what the best sellers
are all about.
My review of "Motherless Brooklyn" is available at
http://www.januarymagazine.com/crfiction/motherless.html
Hope? Hope is a seductress, a temptress. You keep thinking,
"This time. This time." She oughta be shot.
Best wishes
Frederick Zackel
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