Word: hardboiledness
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Ultimately, however, the goal of ”Blood’s a Rover” is to depict a certain time period in American History in a new light, and it fully succeeds in accomplishing that goal. Ellroy explores the time period at length and ends up creating a...
But, if my detailed economic analysis is not sufficient for you (sophists), then take the fact that I just really don’t like cereal. Soggy, generic, multicolored grain rings will never appeal to me. And while I don’t mind some wheat toast and a hardboiled...
July 20, 2007 was a strange night in my hometown of Naperville, Ill. Normally adored by businessmen for its travel-guide beauty, reviled by teens for its mind-numbing monotony, and frequented by twenty-somethings for its moderately hip bar scene, downtown Naperville was alive on this night in a...
Directed by Doug AtchisonLions Gate Films4 starsWhat does every kid dream about? Scoring the final goal in a soccer game? Getting an Xbox for Christmas? Well, after seeing “Akeelah and the Bee,” it will undoubtedly be winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington...
In addition to pumping up the detective figure, Thomas’ main innovation is combining the classical detective fiction of Conan Doyle with the hardboiled works of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. The two subgenres meet in Llewelyn, the only character with any sort of depth, who narrates his boss?...