I can't think of
>too many books that have been written about this
milieu without
>sentimentalizing it or viciously caricaturing the
girls. Probably need a
>female author....a GOOD female writer..... to even
try.
>
> Actually, and I don't mean to offend the ladies of
Rara- Avis, I think
>the best drawn women in HB are the slightly murderous
and sexually complex
>young things in the James M. Cain books. They manage
to be scary but also to
>be comprehensible and sympathetic.
>
>i agree with both these comments -- i rant constantly
to anyone who will
listen that the best hardboiled female voice hasn't appeared
yet -- it is something that is evolving right now. cain comes
aboslutely the closest -- although as i have ranted before,
leigh brackett was the best, but chose to write in a male
voice. if only --
>
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