I guess 'archaeological noir' is a bit too esoteric to be a
full-fledged sub-genre of noir. With your collective
indulgence, I will attempt to re-configure my original query
into two different questions.
1) I already mentioned William Arden's Charles Ramsay books.
Has anyone read any of them and are they even noir at
all?
2) Can anyone recommend any noir that uses academia as a
backdrop, i.e. any set on a college or university campus, or
even in a museum?
Again, thanks in advance for any thoughts and/or
suggestions.
Best, Harry
Quoting
harry.lerner@mail.mcgill.ca:
> Hello Everyone
>
> Along a similar vein as recent discussions of
specific subsets of noir,
> I was wondering if anyone is aware of any
archaeological noir that's
> out there, either stand alones or series. I am an
archaeologist that
> specializes in the study of prehistoric stone tools
excavated in the
> American Southwest, so I'm curious if any
archaeological noirs exist
> and if they are any good.
>
> I know that there are some very non-noir series such
as Lyn Hamilton's
> Lara McClintoch books and some series that often
have noirish elements
> like Jonathan Gash's Lovejoy or even Tony
Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn/Jim
> Chee novels. I've also heard about William Arden's
Charles Ramsay
> books but have never read any so I have no idea if
they are even
> remotely noir in nature.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions for some good reads in
that fall into the
> relatively small niche of archaeological noir, I
would greatly
> appreciate it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Harry
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