Wow, this is why I love this site. I ask a simple question
about sports noir books and I get 30+ books I never even knew
existed. Thanks everyone. Keep 'em coming. I'll spend the
next year tracking down and reading them.
Boxing works great in noir due to the inherent violence, the
old-days mafia connections and the way broken down fighters
are discarded. Even today it's got a shadowy reputation with
the Don King's of the world running it.
I've read a few Hard-boiled books with ex-boxers and jocks as
the detectives which makes sense. Someone who used to beat
people up for a job makes for a tough protagonist.
Just briefly, Chandler's quotes about Cain remind me why I
love the guy. He was a great writer and really knows how to
make a snappy put-down. Marlowe does a lot of that in the
books.
And just as briefly, in a Hitchcock biography I read he said
the best movies are made from mediocre books. Hitch points to
Psycho and The Birds as examples.
Chan
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