Miker:
You float the notion that Cain, Thompson and Goodis exhausted
the possibilities of noir.
The following dictum, by Proust (I think) bears repetition.
It goes approximately thus: "Everything has been said before,
but since nobody remembers, it's necessary to say it
again."
About Harrington: in my opinion, he tells ultranoir stories
but he has his own voice -- and is a far better writer than
Thompson and Goodis. I would say he's about as good as Cain
and Willeford. Whether he can match the latter's inimitable
personality is a different matter. Willefordiana should
probably be considered as a genre, all by itself, just like
Faulkneriana, Calviniana or Borgiana.
Regards,
MrT
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