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DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> wrote:
The book also got me started thinking about other series that
overlap the hardboiled and occult worlds, especially loner
investigators who bridge the two worlds. I'm thinking of
series like George Chesbro's Mongo series, or shows like
Forever Knight, Reaper, the earlier (and far darker, more
serious, wish it would come out on DVD) Brimstone, some
Angel, though much of it takes place only in the occult
world. That last reservation would also rule out Charlie
Huston's Joe Pike series. As much as I enjoy it, it's almost
entirely set in the politics of the world of vampires, even
if that world is used to satirize the real world.
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My favorite occult hard boiled is FALLING ANGEL by William
Hjortsberg. It follows an investigation by New York PI Harry
Angel in search of a missing jazz crooner who disappeared
during WWII. It gets weird very fast. There's an amazing
scene in one of those abandoned NYC subway platforms.
A movie based on it called ANGEL HEART, starring Mickey
Rourke as Harry with a great supporting cast including DeNiro
is worth seeing, too. Director Allen Parker moved the
majority of the scenes to New Orleans for some reason. The
book begins and ends in New York. The movie is predominantly
about VooDoo, the book about ceremonial magick.
Patrick King
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