The Rap Sheet: In Praise of Older Women

Saturday, October 28, 2006

In Praise of Older Women

Not only does today mark the 120th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty’s dedication in New York Harbor, but it also happens to be the 68th birthday of Anne Perry--historical detective novelist and convicted murderer.

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QUOTABLE CRIME

“I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to write as the character would write, and I never forget that the average man, from the fields, the streets, the bars, the offices, and even the gutters of his country, has acquired a vividness of speech that goes beyond anything I could invent, and that if I stick to this heritage, this logos of the American countryside, I shall attain a maximum of effectiveness with very little effort.”
— James M. Cain, from the preface to Double Indemnity