miker wrote:
"i think that noir well done has a dark and dirty but somehow
elegant and artful appeal. both those books were ugly and
uninspiring."
You say that like it's a bad thing.
I've got to agree with Anthony on this one. Sometimes life is
ugly and uninspiring and noir is there to remind us. I wasn't
that impressed the first time I read Killer Inside Me.
However, so many people whose opinions I respected rated it
highly, I read it again. This time I got it. Still, I think
Pop 1280 is an even better version of a similar story.
I was blown away when I read "Shella." And prior to that, I
was not a fan of Vachss. This novel lead me to the short
stories, but I still can't read Burke.
I'm curious, though. What noir do you consider "dark and
dirty but somehow appealing and artful"?
Mark
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