Jason wrote:
"I'm sure there are people out there who don't think
Thompson, or Leonard, or Higgins, or even Willeford are funny
at all,..."
And Geir asked:
"Hi J - I'm one of them. You really think these guys wrote
their books to be funny?"
Speaking for myself, while I don't think any of them were
writing comedy
(with the possible exception of a few of Leonard's, like The
Switch, for instance), I do believe they intended their books
to contain humor. Sometimes it's for comic relief, while at
other times it's of the laugh instead of crying variety. I
find it hard to believe that anyone could read any later
Willeford (don't think this really applies to Pick Up, for
instance) without laughing. Mario has pointed out examples
from Woman Chaser and Burnt Orange Heresy. There are many
more in Black Mass of Brother Springer and the Hoke Mosley
books. For instance, how do you not laugh at the death of the
Krishna at the beginning of Miami Blues, or, later in that
same book, Junior stealing Hoke's teeth, and busting
criminals with his badge and gun? I can also think of many
examples in Thompson, especially in Pop 1280 and The Killer
Inside Me. I'm less familiar with Higgins. And we've
overlooked one of the masters of humor in noir, Ross
Thomas.
Mark
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