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Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly  @Demdike, the James Ellroy books mentioned above are a good place to start on modern hardboiled fiction but for older stuff I'd go for Charles Williams, "Dead Calm" is one of his, James .M McCain, "The Postman Always Rings Twice" is a great sparse read, and Jim Thompson. |
Laughing to myself here.
When i said i had never read any noir i was thinking authors from the early 20th century, Chandler etc.
I actually have all Ellroy's books up to The Cold Six Thousand which i got signed at an instore book signing at Waterstones in Manchester.
His signature is like a 3 on its side, (not an E) with a long tail. A bit poor really.
