>Now Lestrade, he was hardboiled, and damned bad at
it.
>
Yes, in certain ways.
I always felt that S.H. by Doyle owe much to the "adventures"
serials
(feuilletons) that invaded the newspapers and
"fascicules"(dime novels) of the 19th century than anything
else. He is pure *earlier* 19th stuff... plus an investigator
from the E.Poe stable.
On the other hand, in a few of his works, Doyle depicted a
very "noir" Holmes: addicted to the seven per cent solution
(dilution that is!), plays the violin to overcome bad
thinking, and is strucked by very bad spleen attacks (you
could say in modern words that he got the blues...). Pity
that, later, Doyle dropped these angles that were probably
the most original sides of his creation of a Victorian
PI.
OK, Sherlockians, shoot me!!
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
At 22:29 23-02-03 -0500, you wrote:
>At 12:13 PM 23/02/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Funny, but I've never equated "cozy" with
"traditional" (that was you Jim,
>I think.)
SNIP
>Now Lestrade, he was hardboiled, and damned bad at
it.
>
>Best
>Kerry
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