One of JCO's work that is noir but easy to miss because it's
a fictional bio, it BLOND. It's a fictional account of the
life of Marilyn Monroe. It takes place in Hollywood of the
1930s 40s & 50s and it's well researched, although it
does opt for the more sensational aspect of the legend.
Highly readable. Popyy Montgomery, from Without A Trace,
plays the lead in a made-for-tv movie of BLOND, and believe
it or not, it's well worth watching.
Patrick King
--- foxbrick <
foxbrick@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com,
> <funkmasterj@...> wrote:
> >
> > Any specific Joyce Carol Oates recommendations?
I
> know she's got a
> ton of books, I have no idea which are
> Hardboiled/Noir...
>
> Definitely ZOMBIE, and FOXFIRE is noirish
enough.
> Some of her best work
> is in short fiction, and the story that made
her
> reputation, "Where are
> You Going, Where Have You Been?" is a
devastating
> piece of work very
> Very relevant here. The film made from it,
SMOOTH
> TALK, is an utter
> sellout, a real trivialization. And even with
that,
> not too bad a
> film...till it's compared with the short
story.
>
> Very little of her work isn't at least
somewhat
> grimly criminous...I
> haven't yet read RAPE: A LOVE STORY, for
example,
> but I suspect I will.
>
> Todd Mason
>
>
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