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Danielle D. Do

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Nov 30, 1994, 10:24:58 AM11/30/94
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I'm an inveterate urban-dweller and would appreciate recommendations for
well-written fiction (novels, plays or short stories) set in the modern
metropolis.

Thanks!

Edward Hartnett

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Dec 2, 1994, 3:29:52 PM12/2/94
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>>>>> "D" == Danielle D Do <d...@orion.it.luc.edu> writes:

D> I'm an inveterate urban-dweller and would appreciate recommendations for
D> well-written fiction (novels, plays or short stories) set in the modern
D> metropolis.

Not quite a modern metropolis, but have you tried Shelock Holmes (by
Doyle of course).
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C. Douglas Baker

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Dec 2, 1994, 5:38:03 PM12/2/94
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In article <3bi5ga$4...@apollo.it.luc.edu>,

__Way Past Cool__ and __Six out Seven__ by Jess Mowry
__Whores for Gloria__ and __Rainbow Stories__ by William T. Vollmann

These are a few off the top of my head.


Doug Baker
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CHRISTOPHER ANDREW PETERS

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Dec 3, 1994, 6:36:10 PM12/3/94
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C. Douglas Baker (cba...@wam.umd.edu) wrote:
: In article <3bi5ga$4...@apollo.it.luc.edu>,

: Danielle D. Do <d...@orion.it.luc.edu> wrote:
: >I'm an inveterate urban-dweller and would appreciate recommendations for
: >well-written fiction (novels, plays or short stories) set in the modern
: >metropolis.
: >
: >Thanks!

: __Way Past Cool__ and __Six out Seven__ by Jess Mowry
: __Whores for Gloria__ and __Rainbow Stories__ by William T. Vollmann

_Way Past Cool_ was great. Magic realism, L.A.-style. If you're not
above pulp, the hard-boiled crime genre offers some classics. _Red
Harvest_ by Dashiell Hammett. More recently, and more obscene, are
the novels of James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet. _The Big Nowhere_ is the
best in my estimation. Also check out Ellroy's article on
O.J. Simpson in L.A. in the latest issue of G.Q. (or Esquire, I
forget--look for the one with Hugh Grant on the cover).

Yeechang Lee

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Dec 3, 1994, 7:25:32 PM12/3/94
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In article <3bi5ga$4...@apollo.it.luc.edu>,
Danielle D. Do <d...@orion.it.luc.edu> wrote:

Two obvious answers:

a) _The New Yorker_ magazine, and
b) _Bonfire of the Vanities_, Tom Wolfe's masterful roman a clef on '80s
New York City.
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Roger Squires

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Dec 4, 1994, 7:51:00 AM12/4/94
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>Danielle D. Do <d...@orion.it.luc.edu> wrote:
>>I'm an inveterate urban-dweller and would appreciate recommendations for
>>well-written fiction (novels, plays or short stories) set in the modern
>>metropolis.

_The Ruined Map_, Kobo Abe

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