Somebody noted that the Sixties thing really didn't start
until the mid to latter part of the decade, and that a lot
writers didn't pick up on it until the Seventies. I agree
with this. But there are always a few exceptions, and Ken
Kesey's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, written in 1962, is
a great example. Rather than playing catch-up and writing
about something that had already happened, Kesey's novel was
at the forefront of the new era.
As a postscript, there have been a lot of books that have
influenced the course of history, but I don't think I could
name one hardboiled/noir that has done that. Any thoughts on
that? I know that occasionally there is a hardboiled that
makes a really big sensation, but it's mostly just a wave of
entertainment, like Puzo's THE GODFATHER.
miker
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