hard-boiled fiction — ▪ American literature a tough, unsentimental style of American crime writing that brought a new tone of earthy realism or naturalism to the field of detective fiction. Hard boiled fiction used graphic sex and violence, vivid but often… … Universalium
hard-boiled — adjective a) cooked to a solid consistency b) callous and unsentimental See Also: soft boiled, hard boiled fiction … Wiktionary
hard-boiled — adj 1.) a hard boiled egg has been boiled until it becomes solid →↑soft boiled 2.) informal a) not showing your emotions and not influenced by your feelings = ↑tough ▪ a hard boiled marketing executive b) hard boiled film/thriller/fict … Dictionary of contemporary English
hard-boiled — hard boiledness, n. /hahrd boyld /, adj. 1. Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify. 2. Informal. tough; unsentimental: a hard boiled vice squad detective. 3. marked by a direct, clear headed… … Universalium
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World — infobox Book | name = Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World title orig = 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド Sekai no owari to Hādoboirudo Wandārando translator = Alfred Birnbaum image caption = Cover Artwork author = Haruki Murakami illustrator =… … Wikipedia
Hard-boiled — Hardboiled detective (deutsch: hartgesottener Inspektor / Ermittler) ist eine archetypische Figur des angloamerikanisch geprägten Kriminalromans. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Eigenschaften 2 Geschichte 3 Der europäische Gegentyp 4 Literatur 5 Si … Deutsch Wikipedia
hard-boiled — adjective 1》 (of an egg) boiled until solid. 2》 (of a person) tough and cynical. ↘denoting a tough, realistic style of detective fiction … English new terms dictionary
Boiled egg — Boiled eggs are eggs (typically chicken s eggs) cooked by immersion in boiling water with their shells unbroken. Eggs cooked in water without their shells are known as poached eggs. Hard boiled eggs are boiled long enough for both the egg yolk… … Wikipedia
Fiction based on World War I — World War I was never quite so fertile a topic as World War II for American fiction, but there were nevertheless a large number of fictional works created about it in Europe, Canada, and Australia. Many war novels, however, have fallen out of… … Wikipedia
History of crime fiction — Crime fiction is a typically 19th and 20th century genre, dominated by British and American writers. This article explores its historical development as a genre.Crime fiction in historyIt was only from the 19th century that novels and stories… … Wikipedia
Crime fiction — Murder mystery redirects here. For other uses, see Murder mystery (disambiguation). Sherlock Holmes, pipe puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. Crime fiction is the… … Wikipedia
