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>this brings one thought to the surface
though:
when i read 'hardboiled
>fiction' i, as a frenchman, read it in fact
as
'noir' instantly...does it
>mean the same to you and to the majority of
english speakers...
I think much hard-boiled is noir and the reverse.
But I can also think of hard-boiled that leans
more toward tough action stories that don't have
the same mix of darkness and cynicism that
typifies noir. Noir seems t be about a sustained
mood in a way that some hardboiled isn't.
I'd be interested in hearing thoughts on this.
Fred
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