Couple of responses to recent posts:
"Fight Club" struck a resonant chord, particularly with young
males. According to market studies, wrestling shows with
their narrative
"pop" (for the big-slam surprise) are tops with teen males,
possibly as sublimation for raging against the machine.
Do hard-boiled novels appeal to young readers better if they
have the "pop," the big explosion or shoot-out--which is
where many films have gone? Is the genre "flowing" that way?
Lehane, Ellroy, and Pelecanos certainly have their share of
big bangs.
On animated hard-boiled, would any of the 1970s Heavy Metal
stories or related publications fit? Were any of the cartoon
series HB that appeared in crime pulps between the
wars?
Bill Hagen
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