tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435983230192000634.post4370680660935444948..comments2023-04-16T05:21:43.389+10:00Comments on The Concrete Midden: Why The Wire sets the bar for crime fiction writersP.M.Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08824714562191562113noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435983230192000634.post-53168858714495190582011-05-10T00:19:12.643+10:002011-05-10T00:19:12.643+10:00I love The Wire. It's Dostoevskian, not Dicken...I love The Wire. It's Dostoevskian, not Dickensian... Also love Deadwood for its linguistic spread and complexity.<br /><br />Disagree about the ethnicity of written characters. Easy Rawlins could be nothing but black - it's a very L.A. diction: pained determination to be gramatically unimpeachable by official white standards. Mosley's / Rawlins' attention to the minutiae of racial discrimination is meticulous. <br /><br />In that sitch you become very aware of your own eye-movements, and everyone's.M. F. McAuliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166078483711803172noreply@blogger.com