And if we're counting Graham Greene we need to add Robert
Louis Stevenson whose Ebb Tide and The Wrecker predate noir
but are about as noir as you can get without actually being
noir, and they're tropical novels and as gritty as you'll
ever read.
Both feature down on their luck outcasts/criminals who are so
low they're actually living on the beach. They've bottomed
out of society, and yet, somehow they manage to sink even
lower.
The Wrecker in particular has moments of the hard-boiled that
rival the modern guys.
Best wishes, Chan
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