RE: RARA-AVIS: Chemical Dependence and Hard-Boiledness (was:

Mark Sullivan (ANONYMEINC@webtv.net)
Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:24:58 -0400 (EDT) Many PIs in the last decade or two have started to use drugs (or at
least finally admit to inhaling). Off the top of my head I can think of
Crumley's heroes, G.M. Ford's wonderful Leo Waterman, Dan Cormany's Dan
Kruger, who shares a joint with a young runaway he was hired to find,
and Pelecanos's Nick Stefanos. Almost without exception, though, the
drugs are used with alcohol, so it still reads much the same, while
adding a contemporary hip signifier to say This isn't your Dad's private
eye.

Mark

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