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>From: ssshapir <
ssshapir@yahoo.com>
>
>Although this is not strictly a hardboiled question,
I'm hoping that
>some rara avian out there with an encyclopedic
knowledge of crime
>fiction might be able to help me. I'm a big fan of
giallo movies-the
>Mario Bava and early Lucio Fulci ones in
particular-and I've been
>wondering for a long time now if there is any
literary equivalent to
>these films. Anyone familiar with this film genre
will know what I'm
>looking for-outlandish plots, brutal set pieces and
twisted psyches.
Yes--the Italian print gialli and fumetti, with characters
like Killing
(modeled on Fantomas).
jess
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