As I stated in my original post, I can't take credit (or be
blamed) for the crime/anti-crime classification. That honour
rests with Russell James, who is sadly no longer a member of
rara-avis (unless he has been lurking for the past few
years).
Here's the first question and answer from an interview he did
with HandHeldCrime:
"HHC: You've described your novels as "crime" rather than
more traditional
"anti-crime" fiction insofar as they come from the
perspective of the criminal rather than law enforcement, and
many of your characters are fairly sympathetic in spite of
being murderers or thieves or career criminals of whatever
kind. How difficult is it to write these characters?
RJ: It's a damn sight easier than creating interesting cops!
In real life, PIs are pretty buttoned up characters - they're
authoritarian, they tend towards right wing politics, and
their mission in life is to follow a trail doggedly from
start to end. Good stuff, very professional - but hardly the
gold from which dreams are spun. By the way, I don't write
strictly from a criminal viewpoint - I write about criminals
and victims."
The rest of the interview is at
http://www.handheldcrime.com/issues/2001-15/interview.html
Al Guthrie
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