Ed,
I certainly didn't think you were dissing current crime
writing. Instead, I understood you to mean that your listed
authors did (still do, in some cases) not just write great
crime fiction, but that their works somehow transcend genre
fiction (not implying that they do not also statisfy genre
requirements) to become something else, maybe more. Their
concerns go beyond telling a good story to address the human
condition and/or other concerns of "Big L" Literature.
Not that there's anything wrong with telling a good story. In
fact, there's a whole lot right about it. I'll choose a good
story over the concerns of "Big L" Literature almost every
time. On rare occasions, though, you get both. And I'd place
Sallis among those few who even attempt (and in his case,
often succeeds at) this.
Mark
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