Tribe wrote:
I'm sure you'd agree that urban settings and cynical, loner
protagonists, in and of themselves, don't necessarily equate
to hard boiled. Aside from that, there has to be that thing
we call "style" to make it hardboiled.
************** Are you talking about the lean and clean style
that's typically associated with Hemingway and epitomized by
Hammett in the hardboiled genre? The reason I'm asking is
because although I understand that style is popular, I see a
lot of variation. Chandler's writing was more poetic, with
more simile and metaphor. And there's the florid style of
Cormac McCarthy in BLOOD MERIDIAN.
It would be hard for me to pin hardboiled down to a
particular style. For me, hardboiled is more attitude than
style.
miker
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