Jim Dougherty--
Good post. I like your idea of "most realistically
hardboiled." By that caviat, Spillane comes out of the
picture.
But when we dig futher, even when we deal with what seem like
"real" cases, isn't all fiction, not just crime fiction, just
a fantasy about "what it might be really like?"
Even straight reportage, when the reporter tries to tell it
exactly as it is, bears a bit of fantasy, bias, and
preconception.
And what was said about History? It's the story of our past
as told by the winners?
Jack Bludis
http://www.jackbludis.com
*Shadow of the Dahlia* available at
MysteryLovesCompany.com
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