[SNIP]
If
> we can accept a broader definition of hard-boiled as
simply hard-headed (as in
> the OED) then we could include anything obsessional,
especially serial-killer
> fiction and lots of Ruth Rendell.
We've been through this. While we can't construct a
water-tight
definition of hardboiled (or noir, come to that) we have, I
think
excluded the slasher novel--unless written by Ellroy
;->
> As a woman, I'd like to be able to discuss
> the genre in the broad (pardon pun) sense.
As an earthling, what has your gender--in the broad
sense--got to do
with genre?
ED
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