RE: RARA-AVIS: Richard Stark Month

From: John & Carrie ( johncarrie@sprynet.com)
Date: 03 Nov 2000


Neil sed:

> Speaking of this, I read in Woody Haut's *Neon Noir* an
> interesting link he
> makes between the Parker books and the political atmosphere of the country
> about the time they were written. But I forgot the full
> discussion. Anyone
> remember?

If I remember it correctly, Haut read into books like Point Blank, a paranoid, anti-corporate view of 60s USA. If this is accurate (ie, Haut's point), then Stark's fiction may be even that much more relevant to today's world with its pervasive multi-national mercantilism.

Tribe

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