Thought that might get a response. I'll give up the murder,
but not the crime. Fortlow is, or was, a criminal after all,
and without that background there'd be no story. And he
commits murder in the second book, IIRC. But I'll agree, the
crime does not have to be murder.
Murder is just a personal preference.
Kerry
At 11:01 AM 2/14/02 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/13/02 7:30:28 PM,
gsp.schoo@skylinc.net writes:
>
><< A good rule-of-thumb, with the presumption
we're talking crime fiction.
>That which is without murder, is boring.
> >>
>
> Jim's definition is fine without this addendum. Many
of Walter Moseley's
>Socates Fortlow stories are excellent "stand alone"
examples of hard-boiled
>tales without murder. Elmore doesn't always have a
killing, and in George
>Higgins' work death was often absent or incidental.
Take a look at Joyce
>Carol Oates "Man Crazy." It is hard-boiled in the
extreme and there ain't a
>murder in sight.
>
> Jim Blue
>
> Jim Blue
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