Marianne,
Re your question below:
> This is all very interesting. In view of,
say,
> Jim's line, is it
> possible to argue that Jack Frost (RD Wingfield)
is
> a hard-boiled
> anti-hero stuck in an old-fashioned cosy
English
> village world?? Or is
> there something about the comedy, or the
setting,
> that disqualifies him?
There are certainly HB crime novels with rural or small-town
settings (RED HARVEST and SOLOMON'S VINEYARD come immediately
to mind). Setting isn't the issue. Toughness and
colloquialism is.
There are certainly humorous HB novels (Prather's Shell Scott
novels and Latimer's Bill Crane novels spring immediately to
mind, to say nothing of the Dan Turner series, though it's
never been clear to me whether Bellem was kidding or just a
lousy writer). Comedy's not the isue. Toughness and
colloquialism is.
Haven't read Wingfield but, based on one of the TV episodes
that aired over here on A&E, I'd say he's tough and
colloquial, therefore HB.
JIM DOHERTY
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