Well, for noir so bad it's good, one needs to go no further
than certain titles by Jim Thompson (The Golden Gizmo and A
Swell Looking Babe, among others) and David Goodis (The
Burglar, among others. But I think the Cain and Algren books
I mentioned are tops, bottom-tops.
Regards,
MrT
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