Graham wrote:
"It seems to me that mystery readers' tastes tend to go back
and forth from outight hero worship (the 40s and the cult of
Marlowe) to fiction that deglamorizes crime and criminals
(the 50s and paperback originals - leaving aside Mike Hammer,
of course)."
While I agree with your general observations on mystery
trends, do you really think all of the PBOs deglamorized
criminals? Don't you think Earl Drake and Parker are
perceived "cool"? That's not exactly the same as glamorous,
but it's not Eddie Coyle, either.
Mark
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