Re the discussion on variations on "Red Harvest," you can add
Stephen Hunter's new powerhouse "Pale Horse Coming."
Actually, it's an update on Aeschylus' "Seven Against
Thebes." Hunter mentions this, possibly as a reminder that
neither "Red Harvest," nor the novels that have come after,
nor the films "Seven Samurai" and "Magnificent Seven" have
any real claim to originality.
Hunter's amazing series of novels ("Dirty White Boys," "Point
of Impact," "Hot Springs," etc.) covering two generations of
the crimefighting Swagger family definitely fall into the
noir category and I'm surprised they haven't to my knowledge
been discussed here. They may in fact be the contemporary
novel's primary link to the Black Mask days, providing
satisfaction on both mainstream and pulp levels.
Dick Lochte
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