: I'm not sure this is the case at all Bill. Surely 'the
hardboiled'
: is a broad, multivocalised statement against
institutionalised
: corruption in North America and, as such, is nothing but
political?
You're quite right. In fact I just finished _The Alienist_,
Caleb
Carr's recent serial killer set in 1896 New York. It's set
in
whorehouses and the poorest neighbourhoods, there's a fair
bit of
politics and high-level religion involved, and a lot of it
seemed like
a classic hardboiled setting. The lead characters didn't fit,
but
some of the smaller characters did. Am I misremembering, or
was there
a little discussion a while ago about how far back it would
be
possible to set a hardboiled story?
What I meant, though I didn't state it too clearly, was that
modern
politics - the stuff of news reports - and the particular
orientations
of list-members are not really relevant. I've seen a number
of lists
get into huge flame wars because of a crack that offended
someone's
party beliefs. It's best to let it slide, with no comment, or
to
follow up in private.
Bill
--
William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/ | Caveat lector.
"Let's keep the party polite."
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