Brian Lalor wrote: "I guess this leads me to the inevitable
question: what's the definition of
hardboiled? I ended up here at rara-avis (what does
*that* mean, anyway?) after I read "The Massive Book of Pulp
Fiction" and was looking for more stuff in that vein. Looks
like I've found it, but I'm not quite sure what
"it" is..."
Neither are some of us rara-avians. After reading numerous
definitions on this list, I've pretty much decided that
"hardboiled" is like a lot of other things. I can't define it
to anyone's satisfaction, even my own, but I know it when I
see it. Sometimes.
Bill Crider
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