twiceasmanysunbeams · 2 years ago
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AFIY as the HARDBOILED DETECTIVE
"I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun."
PHILIP MARLOWE, FAREWELL, MY LOVELY
A tough, cynical guy with a gun and a lot of street smarts, who solves mysteries with dogged persistence rather than astounding insight, the Hardboiled Detective was America's darker and edgier response to the classic ideal of the great detective.
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