james.doherty@gsa.gov
23 Jun 99 08:45:00 -0400
Re Mark's post: Sender: owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca
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" . . . I guess what I'm saying is, serial killer books are
merely cozies dipped in blood."
If you're talking about Agatha Christie's *The ABC Murders*,
Ellery Queen's *Cat of Many Tails*, or Patrick MacDonald's
*Murder Gone Mad*, you may have point. But if you're talking
about Benjamin Schutz's
*Embrace the Wolf*, Frederic Brown's *The Lenient Beast*, or
Max Allan Collin's *Butcher's Dozen* you're dead wrong.
Whether or not a serial killer book is or is not hardboiled
depends on the treatment the author gives the story. If the
treatment is tough and colloquial it's hardboiled. If it
isn't, it's not. Simple as that. Don't over-analyze so much!
- Jim Doherty
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