Sunday, April 3, 2011

HARDBOILDED CORNER: TALKING TITLES!

HARDBOILDED CORNER: TALKING TITLES!

ERIC BEETNER, WHOSE LATEST HARDBOILDED TITLE, BORROWED TROUBLE, HIT THE SHELVES LAST MONTH, HAS A COOL POST OVER AT THE MULHOLLAND BOOKS BLOG ON NOIR-STYLE TITLES . . .

It’s either one step above or one step below judging a book by its cover, but say what you will – titles matter. They matter a whole lot in the noir fiction world since back when the stands used to be filled with the salacious come-ons of pulp fiction femme fatales in lace brassieres and a bold-type title announced the goings on inside, and they matter just as much today . . .

FOR THE FULL POST CLICK HERE

FOR MORE ON BORROWED TROUBLE CLICK HERE

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