Mark wrote:
> You have mixed up your numbered wars. Farewell to
Arms was about WW I and
> was written well before For Whom the Bell
Tolls.
and:
> We have said Fleming isn't hard boiled.
********* Well that's pretty darned embarrassing. Thank you
for catching me on that. And even though Jim Doherty has
stated that James Bond isn't hardboiled because he fails the
colloquial test, I think that Bond made it onto our top 100
characters, didn't he? I understand Jim's exception to Bond
being hardboiled, but I'm not sure I agree on it. I recently
noted some colloquial comments Bond made in CASINO ROYALE,
while freely admitting that other times he comes off as an
elitist.
I would also note that even if Bond is not hardboiled, that
would not necessarily rule out Fleming's books as hardboiled,
would it? Although describing characters as being hardboiled
is reasonable, there is also a hardboiled style of writing,
too, which doesn't absolutely require a hardboiled main
character. O'Hara's APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA pops into mind as
an example.
miker
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