Doug wrote:
"I'd be curious if there are crime novels that make strong
use of a city's geography to guide plot (maybe it can't
work--urban planning as crime novel)."
Not hardboiled, not even a mystery, but JG Ballard's Highrise
kinda does this, as it explores class war in a Le
Corbusier-esque highrise/planned community.
"I suppose the arid landscape of Southern California plays a
role in
"Chinatown.""
More than that, the entire plot revolves around city planning
and the political conspiracy to get water for LA. I'm sure a
similar thing could be done (has it been done?) dealing with
transportation politics in LA, replacing mass transit with
freeways.
John Shannon deals with the psycho- and political-geography
of contemporary LA.
Mark
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