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Continue to ChatI think the "crime novel" has replaced the sociological novel of the 1930s. I think the progenitor of that tradition is James M. Cain, who in my view is the most neglected writer in American literature. - James Lee Burke from https://whatsmyquote.com/quote/i-think-the-crime-novel-has-replaced-the-sociological-novel-of-the-1930s-i-think-the-progenitor-of-that