I know it¹s not books but here are a few very exemplary
noir/harbld/crime stories items (films) to think about, and
some of them come from books or original stories...
Horse Racing: The Killing (Kubrick-56), The Grifters (Stephen
Frears-90), The Heist (Stuart Orme-89 from W. Irish
story)...
Gambling: All Godfathers of course, The Gambler (Karoly
Makk-97), The Grifters (see above), the remarkable Bad
Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara-92), M鬯die en sous-sol
(Verneuil-63)
That¹s the first ones that come to mind....some of them are
more crime than noir of course....but all those are worth a
look...and some are Œrequired¹!
Montois
On 2/20/08 8:14 AM, "Juri Nummelin" <
juri.nummelin@pp.inet.fi> wrote:
> Jason Starr's several novels are about horse racing,
especially the
> wonderful FAKE I.D., in which the main character, a
two-bit loser, tries to
> set up a syndicate for a racing horse. But Starr
focuses mainly on betting
> and gambling.
>
> Bob McKnight wrote several paperback originals about
horse racing in the
> late fifties. I haven't read them,
though.
>
> As for rugby, I can't think of any
examples.
>
> Juri
>
>
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