What a great decade the 30s were for hardboiled and noir.
Just mentioning th titles brings goose bumps . . . alought I
admit that I have never heard of the first four authroths
mentioned. I guess you had to be there.
Nov 2002: 1930-1939
Raoul Whitfield's GREEN ICE (1930), Paul
Cain's FAST ONE (1932),
Frederick Nebel, Norbert Davis, Dashiell
Hammett's THE MALTESE FALCON
(1930), THE GLASS KEY (1931), THE THIN
MAN
(1934), John dos Passos's
USA TRILOGY, James M. Cain's DOUBLE
INDEMNITY
(1936), James T.
Farrell's Studs Lonigan trilogy, Horace
McCoy's THEY SHOOT HORSES,
DON'T THEY? (1935), Raymond Chandler's THE
BIG
SLEEP (1939).
There is not a lot to be said about the others--most of it
has been said.
I guess what it amounts to is that they are books that in one
way or another covered the hoplessnes of the great
depression. I remember stories from my father, who was an old
man when I was born, and other stories told in the barber
shop when I was a kid . . . then I let my hair grow and I
went to the barbershop every three months, whether I needed a
haircut or not.
The only question I have . . . wasn't Dos Passos trilogy much
earlier in the century? (I have just moved into my garret and
have not yet unpacked my reference books.)
Sorry if this one sounds a little far out. I just got back on
line after a week. This is my first response to a list.
Jack Bludis
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