October 1987 Issue [Article] The hard-boiled go to brunch. Detective fiction in our time Adjust Share by Charles Nicol , This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Dashiell Hammett Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism John D. (John Dann) MacDonald Raymond Chandler Robert Brown Parker Ross Macdonald Sara Paretsky More from Charles Nicol One hundred years on a raft A dirty word with the Huck Finn critics The truth, the impartial truth Books in brief Adjust Share