Carrie Pruett wrote:
> I do think the movie industry is a big part of why
LA has been so prominent
> in HB fiction. I can't think that it's really
mentioned all that much in
> Chandler, but it's implicit - it's why the city is
there. Also the mob was
> pretty much tied up in the industry from the
beginning, wasn't it? It does
> seem there's been a resurgence of the dark side of
L.A. particularly in the
> last decade or so - understandably, with the riots,
fires, earthquakes, OJ,
> etc.
>
> Every other L.A. crime book I've ever read makes me
wonder why anyone would
> stay there for more than a week. "The Cracked Earth"
by John Shannon - lots
> of earthquake stuff in there - was the latest
(actually I wonder why anyone
> would live there)
>
> Carrie
Carrie, I think you've actually listed most of the reasons we
DO live here - and quite a few of the reasons writers are
drawn to write about this place. We have the best natural
special effects in the country and the newspapers are chock
full of gnarly story material. What's not to love?
TL
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