Jeff,
Re your comments and questions below:
> Although [THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE] doesn't
qualify
> as hardboiled crime fiction per se . . .
Why not? Is the hero, Army Intelligence Agent Ben Marco, full
of formal, aristocratic airs? I certainly didn't see
any.
Or is someone who survives tough combat and survives nasty
brain-washing techniques as a POW not tough?
And since when aren't espionage and assassination
crimes?
JIM DOHERTY
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