Hard-Boiled

Published: Nov. 15, 2008, 12:30 p.m.

Hello, Clarice! From Sam Spade to Hannibal Lecter, we look at crime\nnovels, that thing they do to us, and what they say about the way we\nlook at families. Lenny Cassuto, Fordham english professor and the\nauthor of "Hard Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American\nCrime Stories", joins me in the studio.