Patrick King wrote: The thing with McBain is that, like
Leonard, his characters behave like people [...] Even his
villians are just people making a living at things most
people don't approve of. They're not malicious until they
find themselves in a situation where malice seems like a sole
option.
--- Maybe I'm just overly cynical, Patrick, but in my experience most people delight in maliciousness of one sort or another on a pretty regular basis--did you mean the first half of what I quoted to apply to the second part, or were you just pointing to "Ed McBain"'s portrayal of criminals as existential instead of ideal? R
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