Just mind your business and I’ll mind my business and we won’t have any trouble.’ (Ch. And would-be tough guys come a nickel a gross. ‘In my business,’ he said, ‘tough guys come a dime a dozen. ‘If you will pardon a homely phrase, your tough guy act stinks.’ (Ch. ‘I wouldn’t carry that tough-guy manner too far, if I were you, Mr Marlowe.’ (Ch. And, of course, they’re both funny □ Tough guys It’s this artful self-consciousness combined with stylish one-liners which continually makes me think of the plays of Oscar Wilde. Or watch each other closely to try to assess just how much of an act they’re putting on. All the characters point out to all the other characters how they’re putting on an act. (Chapter 7)īeing a hard-boiled tough guy in these books seems to involve an awful lot of posing, a lot of acting the part, a lot of knowing that you’re acting the part, and a lot of judging how other people are acting their parts. A lot of smart conversation, full of worldliness and sly wit.
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