Well, I know Woolrich, whether or not under that name, wrote
for THE SMART SET back in the day, the "magazine of
cleverness" which was a sinking commercial affair for HL
Mencken and George Jean Nathan, leading them to start BLACK
MASK as a tawdry if remunerative task. Hammett started
writing for BLACK MASK after minor sales to SMART SET, and
did the SS sales lead directly to the latter? Of course,
BLACK MASK was soon sold and did it's best work after leaving
Mencken and Nathan's hands...yeah, Woolrich was ultranoir,
maybe usually not too hb (unless desperation counts as
toughness). TM
-----Original Message----- From: Robison Michael R CNIN
[mailto:
Robison_M@crane.navy.mil] And didn't Cornell write some
nonhardboiled high society type mysteries a long time ago,
like in the teens or early 20's? I think I recall seeing them
described for sale on that auction site that handled the
Lackritz collection.
I should probably had said "non-noir", since I'm not cer-
tain if Cornell is hardboiled or not. I thought I MARRIED A
DEAD MAN was noir but not hardboiled.
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