At 03:06 PM 6/6/98 -0400, Harry Levy wrote:
>Bill,
>
>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
>>--
>>William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/
| Caveat
lector.
>> "Let's keep the party polite."
>>
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