It's certainly not spelled out and it's open to
interpretation, but there's a character who chooses to live
below ground, is renowned for his evil and refers to himself
as 'the worst demon'.
Mosley only has one 'e', of course.
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Elkin
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: The Devil and Jim
Thompson
The Man in My Basement? Don't see any devil
character there unless I'm forgetting.
----- Original Message ----
From: Allan Guthrie <
allan@allanguthrie.co.uk>
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:31:27 AM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: The Devil and Jim
Thompson
Having Satan as a character in a noir novel is
very likely enough for the
book to be marketed as horror. But you might want
to check out Walter
Moseley's THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT and Fletcher
Flora's WHISPERS OF THE FLESH.
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Coates" <coatesl@bgnet.
bgsu.edu>
> Also, just wondering if, in the collective
experience of Rara Avians, the
> devil as a character
> showing up much in noir fiction.
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