To my mind, this is a good thing about some of the Gold Medal writers in particular. In Gil Brewer's novels, for example, sometimes the protagonist prevails. I admit that I'm usually disappointed when it happens, but I'll trade that for not always knowing how things are going to turn out.
David
On Aug 17, 2010, at 2:33 PM, rrandisi@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> If the key to Noir is that the "protag" comes to a tragic end, where's the suspense? Doesn't there have to be a ghost of a chance that he might prevail?
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> RJR
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