--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jacques Debierue"
<matrxtech@...> wrote:
>
> Best, most original hardboiled/noir American writers
in my book:
> Hammett, Chandler, Willeford, Himes, Thompson,
Cormac McCarthy.
Mario, I can't argue with that list, but I think I'd add
James M. Cain, Rex Stout, Mickey Spillane and by virtue of
one great novel (and several very good ones) Dan Marlowe to
it. Likewise with Jonathan Latimer.
--Dave Zeltserman
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