I've always thought that the ending of "The Third Man"
epitomized the way a noir story should end.
That's a film, though.
Lawrence
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>> In an earlier post in the "Tropic Noir" thread,
I casually asked a
>> question that I'd like to ask more formally: is
Graham Greene a noir
>> author (or at least a sometime noir author) in
the eyes of this group?
>> It seems to me that Brighton Rock, for example,
is not only noir but
>> has one of the most savage noir endings
imaginable; but I'd be
>> interested in hearing others'
opinions.
>>
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>I should know soon, I just checked a bunch of his
"entertainments" out of the library, I'm
reading Orient Express right now.
>
>Jordan
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Lawrence Coates Associate Professor of Creative Writing
Bowling Green State University
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