hello all... i'm new to the list, & thought i'd briefly
introduce myself. my name is brooks hefner; i'm currently a
part-time student and a full-time private citizen; i live in
lexington,ky; i particularly interested in the "classics" of
hardboiled fiction--hammett, chandler, cain, thompson, mccoy,
and spillane (when i can stand him). i'm also a big film
buff, a big fan of film noir (did you know that _Detour_ dir.
by E. Ulmer is coming out this month on dvd?). i'm prone to
writing w/o caps unless i'm feeling really formal. i'm moving
in the direction of graduate school, and my primary reason
for joining the list is to enhance my knowledge of the
hardboiled and have a forum for discussing some of this
killer fiction. i'm most intersted in the last question on
the intro page (hb and modern) as well as the politics of the
hardboiled story.
oh, yeah, i'm currently working my way through hammett's
complete novels, rereading the couple i've already read and
reading the others for the first time.
brooks.
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