In a message dated 5/1/08 8:29:21 AM,
ssshapir@yahoo.com writes:
> David makes a good point. Even when it comes to
similar hardboiled
> novels I find I have strange quirks. I will happily
pick up an Italian
> noir (may I recommend Carafiglio while I'm here) or
a French noir but
> a book set in Spain for some reason doesn't seem all
that appealling.
> Totally irrational, I know (and I'm open to
suggestions on which
> Spanish noir stands out from the crowd -- just to
undermine my own
> thesis)... but there you go.
>
I forgot to mention E. Sanchez Abuli, whose TORPEDO 1936 is
as hardboiled as it gets
the movie A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE is based on a very grisly
graphic novel by John Wagner
and speaking of movies, I had trouble finding my copy of ROAD
TO PERDITION by Max Allan Collins because I had it filed in
my crime fiction shelves rather than with my comics and
graphic novels
John Lau
John Lau
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