Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Piccirilli (was: Re: Jack O'Connell's top 10 books of 2008)

From: Brian Thornton (bthorntonwriter@gmail.com)
Date: 10 Jan 2009

  • Next message: Sandra Ruttan: "Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Piccirilli (was: Re: Jack O'Connell's top 10 books of 2008)"

    Gee, how did I know that a thread that combined the words "noir," "strict' and "definition" would draw Jim's attention!

    ;)

    Let the games begin (again.... and.... again... and...)

    All the Best-

    Brian

    On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:24 AM, JIM DOHERTY <jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com>wrote:

    > Sandra,
    >
    > Re your comment below:
    >
    > "In truth, it's very hard to do a series that's truly noir, because the
    > strictest definitions of noir require the death or destruction (ie: in
    > an asylum) of the protagonist in the end."
    >
    > The strcitest definitions of noir require that it be a crime story that an
    > atmosphere that is dark and sinister. ANything stricter than that is simply
    > incorrect.
    >
    > JIM DOHERTY
    >
    >
    >

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