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Fast One
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The ultimate hard-boiled crime novel.,
By burglar "burglar" (Newport Beach, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fast One (Paperback)
It's a crime that this book is currently out of print. If Paul Cain had published more novels (this was his only one, though he wrote many fine short stories), he might well be as famous as Hammett and Chandler. One reviewer, years ago, wrote that reading Fast One was like traveling to Antarctica -- once you arrived, there was no where else to go. In other words, this novel is truly the hardest, toughest, bleakest and bloodiest of the hard-boiled genre. It defines the outer edges of tough-guy fiction. Spare, terse and without redeeming social value, it is a remarkable work. I highly recommend it. Do whatever you can to find a copy, but you can't have mine
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Tougher than a twenty minute egg,
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This review is from: Fast One (Paperback)
Every fan of Chandler and Hammet owes it to themselves to DEMAND that their local mystery store carry this book. From the tough as nails dialog to the bleak ending, bitter as a bucket of limes, this is the penultimate hardboiled novel. Fast One makes Grafton, Cornwall, et al look like lukewarm consommé at a spinsterish tearoom. The literary equivalent to a baseball bat baptism
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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True beginning of the noir genre,
By excaj@aol.com (excelsior) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fast One (Paperback)
A keen dive into L.A. noir, before anyone else, and a likely influence to Hammett's Red Harvest and its subsequent manifestations, from Yojimbo to A Few Dollars More to film Last Man Standing. Not the same story, however. Great voice- hear the word "homeboy" used correctly in context from nearly seventy years ago. Ellroy's White Jazz is possibly the only evolutionary offspring.
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