RARA-AVIS: Nihilism and Willeford

From: Jack Bludis (buildsnburns@yahoo.com)
Date: 13 Sep 2009

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    Jim Doherty said:

    >Sean,

    >Re your question below:

    >"You think 'noir' is hard to define?"

    >No.  I think it's easy to define. 

    I> It's a mystery (crime/suspense/detective/call it what you will ) story with a dark and sinister atmohsphere.

    What's so hard about that?

    Jim, it's actually easier than that.(And it's not about atmosphere, it's about character.)

    Jack

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