His embittered mother faces eviction from the nursing home. But his auto shop is deep in the red, and one son needs braces. At the onset, Beauregard has given up crime, walking the line to support his wife and two sons. The milieu is fresh the setup, more familiar. Cosby’s “Blacktop Wasteland,” a gritty, thrilling reminder that small-town America has an underbelly, too. What about a Black mechanic from the sticks, haunted by the ghost of his missing father? Enter Beauregard “Bug” Montage, the protagonist of S. To freshen up the vibe, some inventive authors have switched the gender of our brooding dicks, troubled them with Tourette’s, launched them out to space. It’s Chinatown.” You know how these things go. But though he (and it usually still is a “he”) will win the battle, the world will remain a smoky, sinister and unfair war. The world of noir is well mapped, and we return to its tropes for the comforting knowledge that the little guy will somehow use his wits to beat the long odds against the Man. Agents, the New York City Investigative Journalists, the Detroit Coroners. The other teams in the league? Perhaps the Miami D.E.A. Philip Marlowe at quarterback, Easy Rawlins at strong safety, and a fierce defensive line of framed shamuses. Thumb through the crime fiction canon, round up all the private detectives who have prowled the streets of Los Angeles - you could field a football squad.
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