Currently reading FAT CITY by Leonard Gardner - a great
little novel about boxing in Stockton, California. Though not
a mystery or a crime-novel, it's definitely filled with
hard-boiled ambience. Broken noses and beautiful language
abound.
Dennis
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>From: Anders Engwall <
Anders.Engwall@uab.ericsson.se>
>To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Hard-boiled Sports
>Date: Thu, Apr 6, 2000, 6:24 AM
>
> Kevin Burton Smith:
>
>> At one point, I would have said hockey is
hard-boiled, in the best
>> sense of the word, but now it's just
embarrassing.
>
> For a brief moment I was tempted do pick up on a
discussion
> on the game as such, but I'll restrain myself and
point
> out that while I can only recall one single HB novel
with
> hockey in it, that one is OTOH one of my all time
faves.
> I'm of course referring to THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE
COYLE. I
> recall the movie included some footage from a Bruins
vs
> Blackhawks game, btw.
>
> And what about football (I'm referring here to
*real*
> football, no way am I going to use the
s-word...)?
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