Can someone please define hardboiled from the list's
perspective? Sue
Grafton's Kinsey Milhone is great but I wouldn't've called
her hardboiled,
largely because she's so self-deprecating and
introspective.
Harry
Executive Editor
Cyberounds
http://www.cyberounds.com
At 11:30 AM 6/6/98 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Words from the Monastery
wrote:
>
>: I realize that this list is based on sales, not
necessary quality
>: ... however, I wonder if ya'll agree to the books
which are listed
>: as being hard-boiled:
>
> 1. N Is for Noose
> 3. M Is for Malice
> 5. A Is for Alibi
> 7. B Is for Burglar
>10. C Is for Corpse
>14. D Is for Deadbeat
>18. E Is for Evidence
>21. F Is for Fugitive
>24. L Is for Lawless
>28. G Is for Gumshoe
>33. I Is for Innocent
>38. K Is for Killer
>44. J Is for Judgement
>50. M Is for Malice (hardcover)
>
>'nuff said. (Except that H must be pretty
bad.)
>
>Most of the rest are what I think the list would call
hardboiled. I
>checked out some of the reader reviews of the classic
novels and it
>seems they're being discovered by new readers, which
is nice to see.
>
>Bill
>--
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