On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Etienne Borgers wrote:
> There were a few discussions on R-A about prominent
HB
> French writers.
> Jose Giovanni: creator of some of the best
characters,
> mostly French mobsters or underworld people - a lot
of
> his novels were adapted for cinema into
brilliant
> French Noir films.
And he directed a few himself. Haven't seen any, but I've
heard they were good, too.
> To answer a previous message: No, Maigret
is
> definitely not HB… and only very marginally Noir
(grey
> in fact, as already discussed a few monthe
ago)
There has been a term "film gris" (meaning gray), maybe
Simenon writes gris novels.
Add to the list of good French HB writers at least
these:
Auguste LeBreton, the author of "Rififi"
Albert Simonin, the author of "Touchez pas au grisbi", a
great gangster film by Jacques Becker, from 1953
Thierry Jonquet
Juri
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