Doug Bassett said:
> There's actually two versions of the
"hardboiled
> outlook". The first is the one you seem to
be
> describing below, which I would rephrase as "the
world
> sucks but I am pure. I can lead you through it."
This
> is the "Chandler" outlook and it's very famous.
Most
> people, when they think about hardboiled fiction,
are
> thinking about stuff like this.
>
> The second one is "the world sucks and I am part
of
> its awfulness. I can take you on a tour through
it."
> To make things easy, call this the "Thompson"
outlook.
> (The protagonists of most of Thompson's books
are
> sociopaths of one sort or another.)
Nice post, Doug. I think you may have set a difference
between Hardboiled and noir? Was that your intent? If it was,
I think you're right on the money.
Tribe
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