Sandra Hess (shess@sirius.com)
Sun, 13 Jun 1999 12:34:35 -0700
> The other day I saw a book called Black Rubber Dress
by Lauren
> Henderson. Judging by the jacket copy, it purports
to star as
> hardboiled as any man. Has anyone read it? Is it any
good?
Have it but have not read it yet. Picked it up in England
when it first came out. What about Jen Banbury's LIKE A HOLE
IN THE HEAD? I have it; have not read it.
(perhaps it's time to make a macro of that sentence). Both
are purported to be HB worthy. The most hardboiled female
writer I can think of is Fran Lebowitz who is an AVID reader
(and loves mysteries....especially Block and Mosely). Her
attitude towards life and writing style *feel* very
hardboiled to me. But her writings are observational in
nature and not fictional, so if we're talking hardboiled
fiction, which we are, she doesn't count. But, stylewise,
she's on the mark.
Sch.
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