On 29 March 2006, Duane Spurlock wrote:
> Heard about a title coming out from Johns Hopkins
press later this
> year-- UNLESS THE THREAT OF DEATH IS BEHIND THEM:
HARD-BOILED FICTION
> AND FILM NOIR.
| Gutman cocked his head to the left and considered these
questions.
| His eyes twinkled between puckered lids. Presently, he gave
his
| genial answer: "Well, sir, there are other means of
persuasion
| besides killing and threatening to kill."
| "Sure," Spade agreed, "but they're not much good unless the
threat
| of death is behind them to hold the victim down. See what I
mean?
| If you try anything I don't like I won't stand for it. I'll
make
| it a matter of your having to call it off or kill me,
knowing
| you can't afford to kill me."
-- THE MALTESE FALCON, chapter 18, "The Fall Guy"
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