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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca [mailto:owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca]On
> Behalf Of James Rogers
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 4:32 PM
> To: rara-avis@icomm.ca
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Genre Boundaries
>
>
> At 02:56 PM 8/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Where exactly do the boundaries of "hard boiled"
lie. For
> example, Adam
> >Hall's Quiller series would seem to have all the
critical
> characteristics of
> >hard boiled fiction. Quiller, however, is a spy,
not a
> detective. Is the
> >occupation key?
> >
> >Another example, Don Belton's Almost Midnight
would really qualify as
> >hardboiled in most every way possible, but,
again, his
> protagonist is not a
> >detective.
> >david
> >
> >
> Har. I went to college with Don. He'd be
delighted
> to hear you say
> that.
>
> James
> James Michael Rogers
> jetan@ionet.net
>
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