Re: RARA-AVIS: Tropical Noir

From: jean-pierre jacquet ( jacquet@optonline.net)
Date: 06 Mar 2008


Anthony Bourdain's Gone Bamboo takes place in St Martin. Clich餠plot but good dialogue. jpj On Mar 6, 2008, at 8:13 PM, BaxDeal@aol.com wrote:

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> In a message dated 3/6/08 4:56:47 PM, dz@hardluckstories.com writes:
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> > The Last Match by David Dodge has tropical settings, and while the
> book
> > is a lot of fun and at times appears to be heading towards noirish
> > territories, I wouldn't consider it noir.
> >
> > OF course, we've got Vicki's Cruel Poetry which takes place on Miami
> > Beach, and as a tropical feel, and Vicki's Voluntary Madness which
> > takes place on the Keys. And lets not forget Iguana Love.
> >
>
> well, yeah. if south FLA counts, there's all of James W. Hall's
> work, as
> well as Carl Hiaasen, Lawrence Shames and a bunch of Elmore Leonard
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> John Lau
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