Mr Harrington, I'm very glad to welcome you on our list
!
I've read only : DARK RIDE, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS and THE
AMERICAN BOYS. I really liked them, with a personal
preference for DIA.
After reading these 3 novels and seeing they are a sequence
in your recent production, I had the impression (probably
false) that you were exploring, at the time, some of the
different paths of noir/HB:
-To me "Dark Ride" is James Cain revisited by Jim Thompson
and Kent Harrington. A modernized classic noir vein… (and
this is really not a negative comment)
-"Dia…" is obviously this kind of violent modern noir, close
to some thrillers, that so many tried these last years (IMO
rarely succeeding).
-"American Boys" being a spy-thriller novel descending into
noir territory (and I must say it's done here with brio, as
I'm normally not quickly impressed by spy novels and/ or
thrillers)
Is it a voluntary exploration of the noir variations, or is
it more a kind of way for you to avoid routine and repeats in
your novels ? Or is it because of something else…
Thanks in advance for your comment.
E.Borgers HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
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