Paul sed:
> I am trying to pin down the first modern use of the
term 'Noir' fiction
> in America or the UK. I know the history and use of
Noir as a French
> term. Somebody told me that the Black Lizard books
(c1985) used the term
> Noir fiction. Perhaps the the Zomba Black Books
(c1984) in the UK also
> used it. Can anybody put me right?
George Tuttle at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/7522/
credits Barry Gifford using the term in the Introduction to
Jim Thomson's A Hell of a Woman in the 1984 Black Lizard
reprint. But, the French had been using the term "roman noir"
for quite some time before. There are subtle differences
between the two.
Sounds like a job for Etienne!
Tribe
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