"Ian Rankin once explained to an interviewer (the head of the Indian Communist Party!) that crime fiction is a way of talking about social inequality. Ron Jacobs applies that same maxim to the Sixties... in his wonderfully noir trilogy of those exhilarating and troubled times. And what Rankin does for Edinburgh, Jacobs amply illuminates for the Movement. Much much more than ripping yarns (though they are that too), from a master who's been there, done that, and lived to tell a tale or two."
--Ramsey Kanaan, Publisher PM Press/noir enthusiast
3 comments:
Ron Jacobs
Very well-elucidated. Pity most is fantasy - because of the way the world is.
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Solly Martheze
sollymartheze9@gmail.com
Gotta' fight, nonetheless
06/12/20
Sure Ron. Appreciated.
It is crucifying nonetheless to face the reality that human selfcentredness is such a
formidable obstacle. Imagine Palestinians have to endure misery for years to come;
Iranian, Cuban citizens have to suffer terrible hardships because their countries are
"blacklisted", and the rest of the world is unaware, or dont care.
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Sulaiman
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