I also was slavishly devoted to reading series in order, but
as I move into more classical hard-boiled/noir I find it less
important. Today's masters of the genre seem to be much more
dedicated to developing their characters over a long period
of time. Burke
(Robicheaux), Connelly (Harry Bosch), Mosley (Easy Rollins),
Pelecanos (Derek Strange), and White (Doc Ford) all have
evolving characters that lose something when read out of
order. Pelecanos' HARD REVOLUTION was a nice jolt away from
that as a prequel.
It is something that I'm struggling with in my own trilogy
and I'm toying with the idea of releasing them in reverse
order and deconstructing my characters instead of
constructing. It's an abstract idea, but I'm wondering if
anyone has any thoughts in this regard.
Terry Bowman
'hoods trilogy (2010?)
btw- is Socrates Fortlow anybody else's favorite noir
character?
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