> Although I haven't gotten that far with Pelecanos, I
know he draws on
> Blaxploitation in the DC Quartet. I've only read
Stray Dogs by Ridley.
> I don't remember the race of the protagonist ever
being specified -- of
> course, I read it knowing Mickey Rourke was going to
play the role, so
> that may have influenced my take. Is race a factor
in his other books?
Race is definitely a factor in Ridley's Everybody Smokes in
Hell, but not so much in Love Is A Racket. Penn played the
Stray Dogs (U-Turn) part, though.
Pelecanos deals with issues of race, especailly since he
deals with Washington DC. Explicit in King Suckerman, but
it's there in the early Stefanos work, and in the latest two,
Sweet Forever and Shame the Devil. He's interested in more
than the Black/White issues, expanding into Greek
(sure) and Hispanic too. I hear his next one is even more
concerned with racial issues--at least that's what he's
telling people.
Neil Smith
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