tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856548540095419652.post7933550660227369673..comments2019-09-23T07:50:39.688-04:00Comments on Elena Santangelo: Getting Cozy with PoisonsELENA SANTANGELOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257788794914218924noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856548540095419652.post-37843007575071691422012-07-11T14:09:10.850-04:002012-07-11T14:09:10.850-04:00By no stretch of the imagine can most hard-boiled ...By no stretch of the imagine can most hard-boiled mysteries be considered "realistic." Neither can most other mysteries. They'd be boring if they were. The real-life P.I.s I've met are absolutely nothing like the fictional ones. For one thing, these days, real-life P.I.s have way more cool gadgets than you find in books.ELENA SANTANGELOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257788794914218924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856548540095419652.post-61763376143234571922012-07-11T09:56:49.925-04:002012-07-11T09:56:49.925-04:00Maybe the 'hard-boiled' writers associated...Maybe the 'hard-boiled' writers associated poison with the more fantastical pulps (exotic Eastern assassins and so on), whereas they were trying to be realistic.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856548540095419652.post-4977124896812663882012-06-08T13:28:57.435-04:002012-06-08T13:28:57.435-04:00Hi, I wandered over from DorothyL. Lovely post.Hi, I wandered over from DorothyL. Lovely post.Terrie Farley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.com