I recently read Gaults <<See No Evil>> and
although I enjoyed the story, I
have a question.
My understanding about pulp stories were that they rarely
featured ethnic
characters. I guess this was because the powers to be in
those days thought
they would alienate the readership.
But Gaults story, a very strong character study of two
Mexican-American
brothers trying to deal with a host of problems -- racial
prejudice, hard
times and hoodlums in southern California goes against that
philosophy.
Is this the only writer that bucked the system and was
successful?
I also thought another "no-way" approach was a story without
a corpse.
<<Seen No Evil>> has both taboos.
I would appreciate some input. Thanks. (If this doesn't go
over any better
than my last comment about the 25 top HB books as determined
by Murder Ink,
I will change my name or permanently go into lurkdom.)
Anita
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