JIM DOHERTY wrote: ROOM TO SWING was excellent, but Ed Lacy
wasn't black.
He was a white guy married to a black woman, which gave
him more insight into what it was like to be a black American
than most whites get (particularly in the '50's) but was
still a long way from growing up black.
********** Thanks for the catch, Jim. I should have known
that. It was surely in the essay I read about him many moons
ago in MURDER OFF THE RACK.
Incidentally, the cover art for my copy of ROOM TO SWING has
the detective in shadow, the point being that the dark color
of his face can be attributed to lighting, making his race
ambiguous.
miker
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