> Not forgetting he was a good friend of James
Crumley,
> who in turn refers to Hugo and its (only) crime
novel
> quite a few times. They met at the University
of
> Montana (Missoula), as professors.
>
Yes, Crumley took the title The Last Good Kiss from Hugo's
greatest poem, Degrees Of Gray in Phillipsburg - a work of
the purest noir (more so, oddly, than Hugo's likable
novel).
john
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