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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Film Noir in Print
As I read these stories they appear to me in black and white, dark and shadowy; hard-boiled. Although written in the 1930s, I see them as 1940s Film Noir. To me Nebel is one of the original hard-boiled detective writers to whom all those that followed owe a debt to style and atmosphere. Raymond Chandler immediately jumps to mind. I'm sure he read much of Nebel in his...
Published 23 months ago by John Robert Davis
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0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of time.
If the author was trying for a Damon Runyon type story, it didn't work. I found the slang, the situation and the general premise of the story to be unbelievable. I enjoy period mysteries but couldn't reconcile the inconsistencies that made it difficult to know in which decade the author had placed the story.
Published on October 2, 2008 by andiesenji
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Film Noir in Print,
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This review is from: Six Deadly Dames (Kindle Edition)
As I read these stories they appear to me in black and white, dark and shadowy; hard-boiled. Although written in the 1930s, I see them as 1940s Film Noir. To me Nebel is one of the original hard-boiled detective writers to whom all those that followed owe a debt to style and atmosphere. Raymond Chandler immediately jumps to mind. I'm sure he read much of Nebel in his time. Also modern day writer Charles Ardai, who also publishes the "Hard Case Crime" novels.
Nebel's dick is a PI named Dick Donahue, a precursor to Chandler's Philip Marlowe. Donahue came nearly a generation before Marlowe and works in New York rather than LA. Like Marlowe he's is a tough loner detective up against trouble and these stories are peppered with the vernacular and lingo of the tough guy detectives of that particular genre. I loved this book. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that I purchased the Kindle edition. There are typos spread throughout and after awhile that gets kind of annoying. But don't let that get in your way. Any fan of Chandler or Dashiell Hammett will, I am certain, enjoy these stories.
0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of time.,
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This review is from: Six Deadly Dames (Kindle Edition)
If the author was trying for a Damon Runyon type story, it didn't work. I found the slang, the situation and the general premise of the story to be unbelievable.
I enjoy period mysteries but couldn't reconcile the inconsistencies that made it difficult to know in which decade the author had placed the story. |
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Six Deadly Dames by Frederick Nebel (Paperback - March 1, 2005)
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