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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@...> wrote:
>
> Jacques,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> "I think Constantine' s work has staying power. And
to
> define his novels as 'police procedurals'
seems
> quaintly inadequate."
>
> His work certainly has staying power, but to
describe
> the designation "police procedural" as
"quaintly
> inadequate" suggests that a police procedural
can
> never be a "progessively social study of people in
a
> particular time and place."
>
I meant that there is so much more than the phrase "police
procedural" suggests. I wouldn't recommend Constantine by
just saying, oh, he writes police procedurals! And I totally
agree with your points.
Best,
mrt
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