However, if we look at stories instead of novels, Carroll
John Daly's
_Knights of the Open Palm_, thought to be the first
hardboiled P.I.
story, is from 1923, as is Hammett's _Arson Plus_ (the first
Op story).
So cronologically Daly's and Hammett's PIs precede
Gatsby.
Regards,
MT
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