A.N.Smith (ansmith@netdoor.com)
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:14:11 -0500
I'm glad someone else thinks that O'Connor should be
considered somewhere in the noir world. She was doing what
Jim Thompson did and Daniel Woodrell does in quite a few of
her stories. And "Good Man Is Hard To Find" continues to be
my favorite short story. You've got the dark humor, the
gangsters, the guns, the South--works for me.
I can't help but feel she was "playing" with noir in that
story, though. I mean, hardboiled gangsters just show up out
of nowhere. What are the odds? A more pure portrayal of crime
from her would be "Good Country People." What a con man we've
got in that one.
Neil Smith Plots With Guns
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