> But first... I think there are probably a number of
different
> perspectives toward hard-boiled fiction held by
members of this list,
> historical, critical - some may be collectors, some
serious readers, and
> so on.
I'm a reader, probably a collector too (I like to hoars the
damn books
as much as place permits), but... serious ? Well, I like to
think of
myself more as an enlightened amateur - in both meanings of
the word.
> I also see film as informing fiction as well as the
reverse. Just as
> examining Tarentino's self-referencing modernism,
Ellroy's historical
> noir as represented in film, and the NYTimes article
on noir fashion,
> all relate to the modern problem of the genre trying
to escape settling
> into pastiche and/or parody.
That's also a subject worthy of discussion, I think. Just how
much is our
conception of the genre influenced by '30s-'50s works ? I'm
30, but when I
hear the term 'hardboiled', the imagery of '50s novels and TV
shows
springs immediately to my mind.
I've read many modern authors too (don't watch many modern
movies,
though), but very few have an intrinsically modern 'feeling'.
Guys like
Robert B. Parker (when he was good) or Jeremiah Healy could
have written
their books 30 years ago with only a few minor
adjustments.
Could you recommend some really 'modern' hardboiled authors
?
Laurent
________
"It was his story against mine, but of course I told my story
better"
Humphrey Bogart in _In A Lonely Place',
From Hardboiled, by Peggy Thompson and Saeko Usukawa
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