Not so very noir, but James M. Cain's 'Serenade'
(***SPOILER***) pivots on the reappearance of a male
character who has in the past been the protagonist's
perceived sexual downfall. As I recall it the novel is about
a man building himself up again from some strange unmanned
state (for which no explanation is at first given) with the
aid of a Mexican prostitute, then once again facing his
'homme fatal'. It's a good, crazy novel, and must have been
pretty near-the-knuckle in the 1930's.
Charlie Williams.
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