I don't think I've seen better (or more concise) definitions
of noir and hard-boilied than Jack Bludis's "screwed" and
"tough." Moreover, those definitions neatly illustrate the
close connection between the two genres. The screwed are
often tough, and the tough are often screwed.
Re: the argument that noir is limited to a certain period. If
a 1990s novel like Vicki Hendricks's "Miami Purity" ain't
noir, what is it? How could the ending of that book could be
any more noir?
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