I took the big brain comment as a humorous, ironic,
self-deprecating remark on Brian's part. Having enjoyed some
works by Joyce and Ellroy while being unable to get through
others by the same authors, I can relate.
Coincidentally, I'm reading Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of
American Crime Stories (from the 1920s to the '90s), edited
by Bill Pronzini and Jack Adrian. The introduction provides a
good history of the development of the hard-boiled
genre.
And the TOC lists at least two RA members: James M. Reasoner
and Ed Gorman. I can't believe I haven't read this book
earlier. I'm really enjoying it.
Karin
At 05:22 AM 07/02/2006 -0800, Brian Thornton wrote about
White Jazz:
>On the other hand, THE BLACK DAHLIA has a discernible
plot, realistic
>dialogue, engaging characters. "Over the top" is one
way to describe WHITE
>JAZZ, I suppose. Especially if you finish the
description by adding a few
>choices words: "So over the top that it strays into
the realm of
>unintentional self-parody." I found it virtually
unreadable. So, as I have
>with several of the works of James Joyce and Leo
Tolstoy, I'm going to have
>to take the word of far larger brains that it has
some sort of literary
>value.
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