On 5 Jun 2000, Bill Hagen wrote:
> An interesting list of recent titles on noir. I
agree completely with
> Juri on the Symons book. A good (cheap) reference on
the larger mystery
> area. I've got a copy of The Crime Novel:A Deviant
Genre
> <snip>
> I can't locate it right now--(damn, am I going to
have to tear into that
> bookcase again?)--, but remember some very good
discussions of Thompson,
> Highsmith, and perhaps Cain. Solid and very
readable.
I picked up the Hilfer book at my local B&N yesterday and
finished it this afternoon. It was the only one from that
list which the store had.
(By the way, he refers to the Symons book in his introductory
chapter.)
> Was the list meant to be comprehensive
No, it was just list I came across of lit-crit that was
oriented toward crime novels, and most of them focused HB
fiction.
> Also, if I were "doing" noir fiction, I would at
least refer to Silver and
> Ward's Film Noir, which is probably in at least a
4th edition.
Don't tell me that -- I picked up the third edition
(softcover) just last weekend from a local Borders
Books.
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