Essentially, I used the definition attributed to Jim Blue--
""hardboiled is attitude. anything that is tough and
colloquial is hardboiled."-- in my selection criteria. It's
attitude and actions combined, for me. I admit to not having
read all the authors and characters on the list. In my list,
I left the original order numbers in parands.
1. (4). Alexander Cutter (CUTTER AND BONE,
Newton Thornburg)
2. (32.) Burke (series, Andrew
Vachss)
3. (67.) Dimitri Karras (series, George
Pelecanos)
4. (77). Easy Rawlins (series, Walter
Mosley)
5. (79). Eddie Coyle (THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE
COYLE, George V. Higgins)
6. (98) George Smiley (series, John Le
Carre)
7. (112). Hawk (Spenser series, Robert
Parker)
8. (122). Jack Reacher (series, Lee
Child)
9. (140). John Rebus (series, Ian
Rankin)
10. (152). Lew Archer (series, Ross
Macdonald)
11. (157). Lou Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD
TOWN, Jim Thompson)
12..(167). Marion "Doc" Ford (series, Randy
Wayne White)
13. (170). Matt Helm (series, Donald
Hamilton)
14. (171). Matthew Scudder (series,
Lawrence Block)
15. (180). Mike Hammer (series, Mickey
Spillane)
16. (192). Mouse (Easy Rawlins series,
Walter Mosley)
17. (205). Parker (series, Richard
Stark)
18..(234). Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON,
Dashiell Hammett)
19. (252). The Continental Op (series,
Dashiell Hammett)
20..(261) Travis McGee (series, John D.
MacDonald)
-- Louise Guardino
America. Forever onward.
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