Humor is so subjective...especially in noir fiction where it
can be very subtle. I agree that there's some humor in
Goodis, but only for certain sense of humors. Other readers
won't find anything funny in his work. But if you're talking
about noir with humor you gotta include Lansdale in the
discussion, with books such as Freezer Burn. J http://www.jasonstarr.com
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Al Guthrie"
<allanguthrie@u...> wrote:
> > > I think we've got this dog by the tail.
What hardboiled or noir
writing
> is completely devoid of humour?
>
> Got to disagree with Goodis and Raymond. DOWN
THERE's hilarious.
Even has
> its own Laurel and Hardy gangster duo. And as for
Raymond, I was
very
> surprised on re-reading DORA to discover just how
funny some of it
was.
> First time through, though, I was too shell-shocked
to notice.
>
> Al
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