Re: RARA-AVIS: Themes of the months

From: Mark Hall ( markhall@smtp02.fields.gol.com)
Date: 19 Aug 2002


On 8/20/2002, "Michael Robison" < zspider@gte.net> wrote:

>>I did come up with another possibility: Fitzgerald's THE GREAT
>GATSBY. It was definitely pre-1930, published in 1926, but I'm still
>calling it a possibility because I'm still skeptical about it being
hard-
>boiled. Guess I'll find out soon.
>
>And nobody has rang in on whether Farrell's THE GIRL EVERY-
>BODY KNEW, which came out in 1928, is hardboiled or not.
>
>miker
>

IMO, you would have to have a very generous definition of "hard-boiled" to include THE GREAT GATSBY.

best, MEH

Mark Hall markhall@gol.com

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