any worse than Elvis relying on Joe, Spencer on Hawk,
Stefanos on Dan Boyle, etc? and if this knocks out Angie, it
knocks out Patrick too (which I imagine some would want to do
anyway - Kevin?) and then, i like Bubba. Bubba's one of their
oldest friends. I don't think the typical hard-boiled hero
turns down a favor in a jam unless there are unacceptable
strings attached. I mean, Marlowe is more than glad to let
silver-Wig help him out of a jam, even realizing she's
probably screwing herself over in the process.
I think the whole discussion of which characters are
hard-boiled may be missing the boat a little. I'd assumed
that, per the Doherty theorem, it's the writing that needs to
be colloquial and tough, not necessarily the characters
themselves. obviously many or most HB books will contain
characters who contrast with the hero in order to highlight
that quality in the hero.
jim wrote:
> Maybe so. At least after some point in the first or
the second book.
>I've never quite gotten past the way in which she was
introduced, but I
>think
>you're probably right. However, she does seem to
relish (and to some
>degree,
>bask in) the protective cloak that Lehane's
Neanderthal scumbag Bubba
>throws
>over her every chance he gets. How hard-boiled is
that?
-
He got thirty years for lovin' her/ from some Oklahoma
governor,/ who said
"everything this doughboy does is wrong" - Tom Waits
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