Kerry wrote:
"I think we've got this dog by the tail. What hardboiled or
noir writing is completely devoid of humour?"
Well, there's much humor (or humour, since it's a UK series)
in Derek Raymond's Factory series, for instance, but I think
you're right about there being humor, often very dark humor
(the darker the better for my taste) in much of hardboiled
and noir. You know, maybe it goes back to the idea that the
difference between tragedy and comedy is often just the point
of view from which the story is written.
Mark
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