Crime Fiction

In Indemnity Only and Looking for Rachel Wallace, there is one simple commonality: Guns. Vic Warshowski and Spenser carry guns, make a point to justify it as a skill set and as a necessity for Detectives who specialize in crime. Aside from all the differences, they both attach a great deal of importance to their guns. What can we learn of the mindset of crime writers at the end of the 1970s about guns themselves, what they symbolize and enable?

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