RARA-AVIS: Reality: Over-rated but pervasive

Kevin Smith (kvnsmith@colba.net)
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 21:58:06 -0500 > Actually, I wasn't living in Arizona when the bounty hunters ran amok,
> but the incident received wide attention in California -- just another
> nail in that state's coffin! My comment was questioning the political
> correctness of bounty hunters as protagonists in noir fiction -- if the
> character placement is outside of modern day, I agree with the
> historicity factor cited by Gary Niebuhr; if the novel is set in modern times, it could show a disregard for public sentiment.

Political incorrectness in noir fiction?
Disregard for public sentiment?

Well, there goes the reading list! And I thought they were all great
choices!

By the way, The Ax is out in paperback.

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