Somebody wrote:
What's the
> best HB book
> >ever written where a crime is NOT the central
plot device? (Doesn't mean
> >there can't be a crime, just that it's
peripheral.)
Then James sed:
> I agree with your first comment.
> As to the second, does _Day Of The Locust_ cut it as
HB? I
> think so,
> and I would certainly place it's name in nomination.
I haven't tried the
> Fairbairn.
Day of the Locust isn't hard-boiled, but it sure is noir.
Same thing with Miss Lonelyhearts. However, there is a crime
in Locust though, ins't there? That big ass riot at the end
would probably violate most unlawful assembly statutes.
Tribe
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