Chris,
Re your comment below:
> Wolf Time is a quick, fun
> read, but it is definitely
> a politcal thriller rather than hardboiled or
noir.
Since when is being a political thriller a disqualifying
factor in deciding whether or not a given piece is
hard-boiled or noir? Hammett's THE GLASS KEY was a political
thriller. So was Chandler's short story "Spanish
Blood."
If the political thriller in question is tough and
colloquial, it's hard-boiled. If the political thriller in
question is dark and sinister, it's noir. If it's both tough
and colloquial, and dark and sinister, it's both hard-boiled
and noir.
Not having read WOLF TIME, I can't speak specifically to its
hard-boiledness or noirness (though, based on Gores's other
work, I'd be damned surprised if it wasn't at least
hard-boiled). But I can say, with certainty, that its status
as a political thriller has nothing to do with whether or not
it falls within those categories.
JIM DOHERTY
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