If that were a valid, comprehensive definition of noir, it seems to me that
that would discount a number of works associated with the genre. THE KILLER
INSIDE ME by Thompson leaps immediately to mind (and, yes, SMALL CRIMES as
well). I suppose each of the works' protagonists have an element of
self-delusion wherein *they* might believe they're trying to do the right
thing...but the truth known to the reader is quite different.
Ron C.
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> Jack wrote:
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> "The one difference from most noir is that in this book, at least to me,
> we see man who tries to do the right thing from the beginning--but he is
> still screwed."
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