Mario said: Inspired by our proposed historical survey of the
hardboiled genre, I slightly updated a nostalgia review of
Frederick Nebel's _The Adventures of Cardigan_ (an anthology
of Dime Detective novelettes from the thirties).
I reread a couple of the stories, which are great, lowbrow
fun. There is a special animal freshness in these violent
tales. Yes, they are old and slangy, but once you're into
them, you are sure to get caught. It's a glimpse of the
testosteronic thrill that the original pulp readers must have
felt.
***************** I felt the same way about Carroll John
Daly's SNARL OF THE BEAST. I haven't read a lot of hardcore
pulp and it was a shock to begin with but after a while I got
used to Race's continuously boisterous and cocky attitude and
thought it was a fun book, even if it isn't a great landmark
in literature. Actually, it probably is a landmark, being the
first hardboiled detective novel.
miker
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