> But the strangest, and in my opinion best, development at the nexus of
> politics and literature is the crew of crime writers who are mixing
> left critique, social realism and neo-noir to write some of the best
> novels and tv shows out there. Pelecanos, Price, Lippman, Simon,
> Lehane... besides the Wire, which I of course love fiercely, their
> crime novels are so great!
What do you think of Walter Mosely? I've only read essays by him, but he sounds like he'd fit in with that description.
-- Andy