Mark wrote:
miker, you praised Nightmare Alley enough times that I
finally listened. I pulled it off my bookshelves and read it.
You are absolutely right about how good it is. It completely
deserves its classic status.
************* Glad you enjoyed it, Mark! It was one of the
first of the noir genre that I read, so Stan's trip to hell
made a particularly big impression on me. Although it might
not be a defining element in noir, the irony in Gresham's
novel was spectacular. The movie with Tyrone Powers improved
on the finale by taking the irony one step further.
miker
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