: Ray Skirsky:
>
> Where does one draw the line on hard-boiled? Are
Lawrence Block's Matthew
> Scudder
> novels? How about James Lee Burke? Bill Pronzini?
I'm a newbie on the
> list and trying to
> find the parameters.
Ray, This is a frequent topic of discussion. When I had just
joined the list I sent a list of ten books asking which of
them were hard boiled. There were two replies. One said only
three of the books were hard boiled. The other said those
three were the only ones that were not hard boiled! It seems
there is no universal agreement on where you draw the line.
Mark.
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