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Peter Petto ppetto at ppetto.com
Fri Oct 23 04:32:32 CDT 2009


So we're not only getting a car's or movie's name, but also its  
coordinate.


On Oct 22, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> Clement Levy writes:
> Cars are quite an issue in IV, maybe, because they're an issue in LA  
> area. We may have another word about it.
>
> I DO have another word about it. P and the cars in IV are noticed  
> more (and described differently) than most realist writers, other  
> detective novel writers do. First, noticed all over the place in the  
> prose. So many did not ALL have to be seen, right?
>
> But most, they are described by make, model and year.....Now who  
> else getting down cars in LA describes them this way just about  
> every time?
> Most writers might say 'yellow chevy'; such-and-such Camaro.........
> There is some kind of 'lovingness' [my word. find a better.] goin'  
> on in the descriptions, yes?
>
> It reminds me of the way he, uniquely it seems, indicates so many  
> movies with the date. For some reason he wants us to 'get' the whole  
> NAME, Year of a car.  That that 'defines' it or something?
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