> What hardboiled or noir books have rocked
> the world? Feel free to use any definition
you
> see fit for "rocking the world."
And any definition we see fit for "hardboiled or noir"?
L'ETRANGER ("The Stranger") by Camus -- Author influenced by
Cain, but far more influential himself in turn, as key figure
in development of post-WWII philosophical thought and
literary style
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Remarque -- Deeply
influential anti-war novel telling story of doomed WWI
soldiers from German point of view
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVITCH by Solzhenitsyn --
Ultimate prison novel, exposed the Soviet gulag
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Dostoevsky -- First great
inside-the-killer's-head tale murder and its
consequences
I, THE JURY by Spillane -- First time the man has appeared in
this sort of company, I imagine; but you can't deny that the
book had a huge impact when it came out.
--Charles
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