Gerald So (gso@optonline.net)
Sun, 05 Sep 1999 06:48:27 -0400
Hello, all.
Below is the excerpt I found
most interesting:
RBP: I have found that most writers seem to have a lot less
conscious intention than reviewers presume. Hammett probably
came naturally to the spare language and the hard-boiled
attitude. It was a way to tell stories that worked for him.
But it also created problems that he was often unable to
overcome. There is a flatness to Hammett's laconic style that
seems to flatten the characters...
Me: Parker himself comes naturally to spare language and a
more or less hardboiled attitude. In recent years these
trademarks have created the same problems for him as they did
for Hammett. More often in today's Spenser books, Parker's
style comes off flat and the characters likewise
suffer.
Gerald
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