Mark Sullivan said:
>>So I guess it was more a statement of my
own
taste than of genre that the city is a character. Maybe, the
setting is a character?<<
I agree.
In the best novels, no matter what the genre, the setting and
atmosphere are additional characters, but for noir there has
to be a dark and brooding atmosphere, whether city, suburb,
country, farm or desert -- even if the character is
scewed.
Screwed, of course, is oversimplification but it applied to
most noir stories and novels.
Jack
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