Thanks again to everyone for the continued responses to my
original post about tropical noirs. I really appreciate all
the great input!
Now that I have a great long list of tropical noirs to work
my way through, I'm wondering if I should expect siginifcant
differences between these stories and the many noirs I have
read set in what can be desribed as more 'conventional'
locales, i.e. larger urban centers. Does anyone have any
thoughts about how different environments have been used as
characters in and of themselves? I'm primarily
interested
(at least for now) in broader distinctions, i.e. 'exotic'
(tropical or boreal) versus 'conventional' (e.g. urban
centers), and any differences in how each category of setting
has been used to enhance the story being told.
Thanks again!
Best, Harry
Quoting Channing <
filmtroll@sbcglobal.net>:
> 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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