I've read both PULP CULTURE and NEON NOIR, and while I was
impressed with some of it, on the whole I wasn't convinced.
On the whole I thought Haut focused too much on what he
thought writers *should* be writing, instead of what they
were writing. This is all in my opinion, but I felt that he
elevated secondary novels that illustrated his point while
ignoring or even trashing better novels that didn't.
Specifically, he mentioned that Howard Browne in THE TASTE OF
ASHES was content to focus on personal crimes instead of
"state crimes" (i.e. racism, sexism, etc.).
On the other had he raises a number of good points. In
particular, his chapter on women hardboiled writers in PULP
CULTURE is excellent.
Graham
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