Re: RARA-AVIS: Ruth Rendell/hb?

From: JIM DOHERTY ( jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com)
Date: 25 May 2002

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Ed,

Re your questio below:

> Is [Ruth Rendell's] writing style considered
> hard-boiled at all?

I've never read anything by her that I'd consider hard-boiled, though a lot of her stuff edges towards noir.

HB or not, she is a very good writer.

JIM DOHERTY

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