----- Original Message ----- From: "Robison Michael R CNIN"
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Robison_M@crane.navy.mil>
> When did the "Hollywood" subgenre of hardboiled or
noir pop
> up, and what are some of the notable originating
stories and
> novels?
Hollywood doesn't figure in the story at all, but it's
influence is implicit in the title of Benjamin Appel's 1935
short story about the rise of gangsterism, MOVIE OF A
BIG-SHOT.
I've just finished reading two of his collections, DOCK
WALLOPER and HELL'S KITCHEN, and, boy, did he write
stripped-to-the-bone prose:
"The crack of Gimloe's pistol seemed louder than the El had
been. The bullet whistled by Corcoran's face as he lunged
after the killer, squeezing the trigger at a target almost
out of sight. Down the end of the hallway, young Gimloe.
Again he shot and missed. The yard door opened, slammed.
Corcoran added up the used bullets. Two of mine. One of his.
Two of mine. He's no mother's son. I can't get him. I must
get him. Must. Let him go."
Al
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