Re: RARA-AVIS: here's some interesting parallels

Geir Glosvik (gglosvik@newmedia.no)
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 22:12:47 +0100 >However, if we look at stories instead of novels, Carroll John Daly's
>_Knights of the Open Palm_, thought to be the first hardboiled P.I.
>story, is from 1923

His 1922 'Black Mask' story 'The False Burton Combs' is also regarded by
some as a hardboiled P.I. story, though its protagonist is not a detective.

Regards,

Geir

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