I brought up BUS STOP as a joke contrasting it with John's
favorite movie TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. As many of you correctly
pointed out, BUS STOP was not Marilyn Monroe's debut and I'd
have been better off citing ASPHALT JUNGLE in that capacity.
But BUS STOP is not that far "off topic." BUS STOP was
written by William Inge who, while not a crime writer
specifically, wrote studies of human despair that are easily
as relevant to this list as Robbe-Grillet or Auster
are.
Patrick King
*************************************************** I take
your point but it may be worth mentioning that this list has
always had as its topic hardboiled and noir literature. The
current description is: "For the discussion of hardboiled and
noir writing."
Now I certainly enjoy and participate in some film
discussions and I can hardly object to music as I have been a
party to many a jazz discussion on such artists as Mingus and
Miles Davis. Still, there are times when we are very far
afield.
Richard Moore
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