Several of us have mentioned Faulkner's book of crime stories
_Knight's Gambit_. I forgot to say that the title story,
which is really a short novel, perfectly combines hardboiled
characters, the smell of horses and a beautiful love story
(an old-fashioned love story, you might say). It's rare to
find this particular combination.
Why does the Horse figure so rarely in hardboiled fiction? It
surely (with the Bull) is a central metaphor of Vigor and
Nobility.
Best regards,
MrT
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