Don't you think William Burroughs fits the description of a
writer who transcends the crime and thriller genre? JUNKIE is
a deeply noirish book and QUEER takes it to a more
experimental level. The beginning of THE NAKED LUNCH is quite
hardboiled and noir - the rest of the book is totally
something else, though. I haven't read his late trilogy
(what's it called now, The Lands-something), but I just read
a review saying it plays with the thriller and mystery
genres.
Apart from that, Georges Perec must've known the American
noir. He wrote the screenplay for SERIE NOIRE, a 1976 film
based on Jim Thompson's novel
(forgot which).
By the way, has anyone seen the early movies that
Jean-Patrick Manchette wrote in the sixties? How are they
like? Anything like his novels or just pure euroexploitation?
(Check the IMDb for titles.)
Juri
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