I've only read one Dennis Lehane book -- GONE, BABY, GONE --
and that was some time ago, but I remember that his female PI
struck me as a very credible stab at a truly hardboiled
*woman*.
I agree that Cain's female characters are wonderful.
doug
--- James Rogers <
jetan@ionet.net> wrote:
> Actually, and I don't mean to offend the
ladies
> of Rara- Avis, I think
> the best drawn women in HB are the
slightly
> murderous and sexually complex
> young things in the James M. Cain books. They
manage
> to be scary but also to
> be comprehensible and sympathetic.
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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