----- Original Message ----- From: "Bludis Jack" <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com>
> "Doomed" doesn't work, because if we are at
the
> base of a damn when it breaks, we are doomed
--
> nothing noir about that.
You're also screwed.
> After thining about the subject off and on
for
> several years now, I conclude that most
> private-eye novels are not noir because
the
> private-eye generally comes out on top,
although
> most of the ones in old black-and-white film
are
> "film noir."
I agree, with the following exception: novels featuring
psychologically damaged PIs (Scudder, Hammer, Dave Z's Johnny
Lane) are noir.
> Whether we agree or not, it seems to me,
from
> what I see on this list that we all
generally
> like the same kind of books no matter what we
tag
> them.
Yes, although I suspect a lot of us have a preference for
either hardboiled or noir.
Al
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