--- Jacques Debierue <
matrxtech@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In any genre you will find writers who adopt some
of
> the trappings,
> some of the situations and some of the style
without
> really adopting
> the spirit. That is why "fake" hardboiled is
so
> funny, for example. I
> don't mean this funniness as praise,
necessarily.
>
Agreed. And that's why I'm not so happy with neo-noir. It's
not a style, it's a fashion.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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