Mari Hall (found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net)
Sun, 13 Jun 1999 11:02:06 -0500
Jerry Buck wrote:
>
> > >Sue Grafton wrote . . . writes . .
fantasies of what being a PI is like.
> >
> > Oh, good one. As opposed to the real life stuff
of Daly and Chandler and
> > Macdonald and everyone else from Adams to, er,
Zackel. Hey, it's
> > almost all fantasy, even from the guys who
actually walked the walk, like
> Hammett and
> > Gores.
>
> For my money, Sue Grafton writes the best
contemporary "shoe leather"
> detective stories. Okay, Michael Connelly
too.
>
> No cowboy sidekicks shooting the way to a solution,
no dreams or
> hallucinations leading the way, no baloney. Just
pounding the pavement and
> talking to people and working toward a
resolution.
>
> Jerry Buck
As much as I don't particularly care for Sue Grafton any
more, I do have to agree with Jerry on this. Make a mark on
the wall, bring out the bands, start the parade, Oh, gasp. I
watched the first four original The Avengers last night and
it was always Mrs. Peel waiting for Mr. Steed to rescue her
(remember Emma tied to the rail road tracks, while Simon
LeGree music played in the background??). I like the ones
where the detective . . well, detects; doesn't need the
side-kick (Hawk) to do the things he has too much moral fibre
to do.
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