--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Burton Smith <kvnsmith@...> wrote:
>
> One of the problems some neo-noir writers seem to have is this
> patronizing theme that being working class or unemployed means having
> no class. Being unemployed doesn't necessarily automatically make you
> start saying "Fuck" every two words, or suddenly want to take a belt
> sander to your wife.
>
You hit exactly on what bothers me with so many of the neo-noir books I try picking up. That, and also just really dumb, bad behavior to advance the plot.
--Dave
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