>
> I can envision a hardboiled novel *with* inspectors
that
> takes place in a *manor* and has upper-class
protagonists.
> To me, it all depends on what the author does with
these
> elements.
>
Although it's not hardboiled, I think Robert Altman's
wonderful recent movie Gosford Park shows how you can take
that form and create something totally different with
it.
Rene
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