Re: RARA-AVIS: Maltese Falcon

From: jacquesdebierue ( jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com)
Date: 22 May 2008


--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, BaxDeal@... wrote:

> yes, Brigid is a naughty, naughty girl. and Scarlett lived in a
misogynist
> society. but while we're breaking rocks here, I'd suggest it were
the SLAVES
> she owned who were the truly oppressed
>

Indeed. It was not the masters who kept the slaves but the slaves who kept the master (in the dough). Speaking of which, have there been any historical mysteries dealing with the days of slavery in the US? I bet you could write a pretty noirish novel in that setting.

Best,

mrt



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