MrT said: There's Raoul Whitfield's _Green Ice_, the first
noir novel, from 1930. Burnett's _Little Caesar_ is another
title worth discussing. And Daly wrote the abominable _The
Hidden Hand_ in 1928, I think. John Dos Passos's _The 42nd
Parallel_ is from 1930. Did James T. Farrell publish any
novels in the twenties? At some point, we are going to have
to deal with Farrell.
************* Thanks, Mario. I got Whitfield's GREEN ICE on
the way.
The earliest date that I can find for Burnett's LITTLE CAESAR
is 1929, so he's definitely in the somewhat rare pre-1930
category. I found it for cheap, too, at Abe- books.
The earliest date I can find for a Studs Lonigan book is
1932, but Farrell's THE GIRL EVERYBODY KNEW comes in at 1928.
Is this hardboiled? Not much chance of me reading it
anyway... cheapest I can find it is $75 at Abebooks. Too
salty for me.
So my pre-1930 hardboiled/noir novelist list now has Hammett,
Daly, and Burnett on it.
miker
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