I spent a few minutes reading Barry Hannah's article on noir
in the southern literary magazine, Oxford something or other.
I almost didn't finish it. The first four paragraphs were
worthless. After that he decided to actually get down to the
subject. He mentioned some great noir fiction classics, but
he didn't shed any new light on the subject, or even frame it
with any particular clarity. He spends a couple useless
paragraphs describing several of what he considers
unbelievable portrayals of murder in Hammett's Red Harvest. I
do give him credit for mentioning Faulkner's Sanctuary.
I read a short and unmemorable novel by Hannah here recently.
This article was of the same caliber.
miker
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