The fact that this author could've come up with such an
inventive and clever idea for a lawsuit should've invalidated
the premise of her suit!
In a way she's right--genre novels are exactly that--they're
formulaic and follow accepted conventions. But not all crime
novels are genre novels--quite a few actually break out of
the mold--Vicki's Cruel Poetry, for example could be looked
at just as easily as literary as it is a noirish crime novel.
And I don't think Al's Hard Man follows any crime genre
formula that I'm aware of. A few years ago Time Magazine came
up with their list of 100 greatest novels, and it included
Hammett's Red Harvest, Chandler's Big Sleep, Le Carre's The
Spy Who Came in from the Cold, West's Day of the
Locust.
--Dave Z.
> >
>
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/crime/story/0,,2246733,00.html
?gusrc=rss&feed=10
> >
> >
> What I find funny about the article and the
whole
> genre vs literature (or whatever) argument is how
that
> same snobbery lives so well within the genre
itself.
> Readers of hardboiled tend to look down on
mystery
> writers and some mystery writers look down on
those
> who write cozies and everybody looks down on
those
> self-published. Yes, yes, I know it's an
overstated
> generalization but it's there all the
same.
>
> Anyway, that's what struck me as so funny . .
.
>
> William
>
> Essays and Ramblings
> <http://www.williamahearn.com>
>
>
>
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