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University of North Carolina Wilmington - SPRING 2011 | ||
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Hardboiled : An Anthology of American Crime Stories (Updated Edition) by Bill Pronzini (Editor), Jack Adrian (Editor), Bill Jack Adrian Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-19-510353-X / 019510353X ISBN-13: 978-0-19-510353-3 / 9780195103533 What are the ingredients of a hard-boiled detective story? "Savagery, style, sophistication, sleuthing and sex," said Ellery Queen. Often a desperate blond, a jealous husband, and, of course, a tough-but-tender P.I. the likes of Sam Spade or Philop Marlowe. Perhaps Raymond Chandler summed it up best |