JoCoLibrary - Adult Fiction - Gritty Crime Noir
Annotation:Elliott Gould's Marlowe is a bit too 1970s for my taste, but this is an important Chandler film and worth seeing.
Annotation:Mason is based on Gardner's own real experiences in his "Court of Last Resort," which offered one last defence to the I-swear-I'm-innocent.
Annotation:A spoof on all our detective favorites. Read every book on this list before you see this movie. It will be way funnier thta way.
Annotation:Nick and Nora Charles. Quick-witted, urbane, and always a little tight.
Annotation:Black Lizard is a great publisher of crime noir. Check out this list of authors and titles.
Annotation:This is the first Spenser novel, and truly amodern-ish staple of the genre. Read this, and then cry a little because Parker passed on and we all still miss him.
Annotation:This is truely a crime novel. No heros, no clever detectives. Only an elegant, raw brutality.
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It was raining outside when she pushed into my office. "What'd ya need?" I growled, looking up from underneath my hat. Yeah, I wear it indoors. Talk to my mother if you don't like it. She fluttered her lashes, "I need a favor. Tommy told me to see you. Said you was the best." I pulled a ratty paperback from my desk drawer, tossed it across the table. "Here you go, Darling. Don't blame me if it keeps you up at night."
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