Some might say Brian Garfield set the standard with his DEATH
WISH and DEATH SENTENCE (sequel). I haven't read either
(though I do like his work), but certainly the prominence of
the films w/ Charles Bronson helped established them as
such.
Ron Clinton
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> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Vigilante Killing
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> This is another favorite theme in
hardboiled
> Vigilante killing runs deep in the hardboiled
river.
> It was one of the major themes of The Virginian
also.
> It made Spillane's I, The Jury a world
record
> bestselling novel.
>
> miker
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