Hi All--
Karin Montin wrote:
>
> I may be in the minority here, but I don't really
see Iguana Love as noir. (Jim Doherty of this list has
proposed two pithy definitions: noir is dark and sinister,
hardboiled tough and colloquial.) The atmosphere is not dark
and sinister -- it is all Florida sunshine and beautiful
underwater seascapes, although the sense of foreboding does
build nicely and the ending is bleak, for sure. Plus, Enzo is
just plain bad news.
>
I see John D. MacDonald's Florida as all sunshine &
beautiful underwater seascapes, with the evil lurking in the
hearts of men. Iguana makes me see a Florida that's like a
movie star's smile--all pearly and white on the outside,
black and rotten on the inside. Evil and betrayal are
everywhere; nowhere is there the hint of a friend, certainly
not in the steely gaze of an iguana.
Metta, Ivan
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