In a message dated 8/23/07 6:35:24 AM,
dz@hardluckstories.com writes:
>
> > 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.
>
if one great novel is all it takes, I'd put James Crumley on
that list
John Lau
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