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Re: RARA-AVIS:UK hardboiled
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> Can anyone recommend any British *hardboiled* writers? It seems to be a genre
> we're not very good at. Having said that I'd recommend the following:
The traditional UK hardboiled is Peter Cheyney and his ops Slim
Callaghan and Lemmy Dawson, but they're too much an obvious imitation
of the US style for my taste.
James Hadley Chase (NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH) was tougher--though now we find that Graham Greene
may have written one or two of the Chase novels--title's not yet
revealed.
Of current writers, you might try Mark Timlin. A bit too rough for
me, however.
And if Philip Marlowe isn't hardboiled, I think we've lost track of
the discussion.
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