Hard-Boiled

It sits right alongside Perdido Street Station for crossgenre goodness, with parallel narratives split between a dystopian near-future à la the film Brazil (which, coincidentally, released the same year -- 1985 -- as Hard-Boiled) and a quasi-Wonderland-like fantasy world populated by people stripped of their shadows.

MIND MELD: The Best Genre Crossovers 2010

In his introduction to "The Cambridge History of the American Novel," Leonard Cassuto, a professor of English at Fordham and most recently the author of "Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories" 2009, writes that the present volume "synthesizes the divisions between the author-centered literary history of yesterday and the context-centered efforts of recent years."

What Killed American Lit. Joseph Epstein 2011

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami: This book is another of my all-time favourites.

MIND MELD: The Best Genre Crossovers 2010

Face Off, Hard-Boiled + tons of Hong Kong action flicks that inspired many of the best directors today.

John Woo Directing His First Comic Book Movie « FirstShowing.net 2008

Tomato Soup with Hard-Boiled or Poached Eggs, 107–8

The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010

Hard-Boiled, Potato and Escarole Salad with Parmesan and, 157

The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010

Curried Tomato, with Hard-Boiled or Poached Eggs, 107–8

The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010

Hard-Boiled or Poached, Curried Tomato Soup with, 107–8

The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010

Director John Woo spent the first part of his career in Hong Kong, making action films like The Killer, Hard-Boiled and Bullet in the Head (great title!).

Woo-Woo, Woo! 2009

He came from Hong Kong to international prominence with Chow Yun-Fat as his muse (the Better Tomorrow trilogy; Hard-Boiled, rating: 77; The Killer, rating: 84), then came to America and quickly saw his reputation go downhill.

Alex Remington: Red Cliff: The Movie John Woo Was Born to Make 2009