Kevin wrote:
"By the way, the whole idea of a great wrong place is, at
least now, something of, if not a myth, at least a dated
notion. It's the soulless suburbs, with the endless cookie
cutter malls, herd mentality and bored kids with the dead
eyes that seem like the truly wrong places to me. And those
Stepford-Wives-type guarded communities are even worse.
"As I've said before, I could see Spade and Marlowe's
descendants wearing Nikes, using a cellphone, or even being
married, but it's really hard to picture any of them mowing
the lawn.
"Generally, the 'burbs have been the domain of mostly more
traditional mysteries and cozies. But suburban noir--think
about it. Now that would be cool to see."
This reminds me. I've seen several very good reviews of a
"Suburban Detective Mystery" series by Jon Katz, the first of
which is "Death by Station Wagon." The back jacket copy on
the paperback is entitled: "The Mean Streets of Suburbia."
However, it goes on to describe the protagonist as "a
soft-boiled detective." I've got this book, but never seem to
get to it. Does anyone know it? How soft is the PI? The cover
painting looks very ominous, but is the book that dark, I
hope? Are they as good as reviews have led me to
believe?
Mark
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