I like the new guys mentioned, especially Dennis Lahane, but
the old generation books die when people stop reading
them.
Many of us are still reading Lawernce Block and rereading
Chandler and Hammett.
I think one of the things that may have hurt Scudder is
Block's obsession with 9-11. It was a trauma for all of us,
but a bigger trauma for native New Yorkers. With some it is
an obsession.
I have a close relative who lives in an apartment with porch
on 72nd Street who claims she could smell the debris after
the towers went down.
That kind of thing takes a toll, and if I'm not mistaken,
Lawerence Block lived a lot closer to the towers than she
does.
Not off topic because the new Scudder refers to 9-11.
As most of you know, Lawrence Block wrote "Small Town," a
book about the effects on characters of 9-11.
Jack
Shamus and Anthony nominee http://www.jackbludis.com
"Shadow of the Dahlia"
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