Re: RARA-AVIS: greatest noir or detective protags

From: Stephen Burridge (stephen.burridge@gmail.com)
Date: 04 Aug 2009

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My view is that Buchan, while popular and influential, did not write hardboiled or noir fiction.

I haven't read Ian Fleming's work, so I won't comment on it. Bond may well qualify as a hardboiled protagonist.

Stephen

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