> He's definitely victim-oriented, to a fault,
but
> hardly strikes me as much of lefty.
>
> ***************
> Haha! Yup! I see Vachss's writing as solidly
left.
> It permeates it. From his rejection of core family
in
> favor of the "it takes a village to raise a
child"
> extended family, to his worship of
alternate
> lifestyles. Take a look at the bad guys. They
come
> in two flavors. Upper class white male
pedophiles,
> and poor white male racists. The key phrase here
is
> "white male," a long-beloved scapegoat for the
left.
>
I'm sure Vachss is just exercising that most well-known
author rule: "Write about what you know." I don't have any
problem with his leanings in his novels. You know that is
what you're going to get when you read Vachss.
If I read Ellroy, I don't expect Mills & Boon. If I read
Vachss, I don't expect Bill O'Reilly.
(Then again, no one expects Bill O'Reilly...)
Steve
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