Greg Swan again:
>
> Wow. I think Wilson got it almost all right 15 years
after the fact in
> 1944! He spotted the 19th century influence on the
plotting (Holmes), the
> realism that Hammett dropped on a pulp scene which
primarily published
> romantic adventure fiction ("new
shudder")
In another essay he praises Chandler saying, "The only
one of this group of writers[detective story] --my
correspondents have praised--one who seems to possess it
[artistic gift for telling stories] to any degree is Raymond
Chandler. His Farewell my Lovely is the only oneof these
books I have read all of and read with enjoyment."
He goes on to say that Chandler does not belong in the school
of mysteries headed by Hammett, but really writes adventure
books like Grahame Greene's spy novels or even Alfred
Hitchcock's movies! Mark
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