I didn't read the complete series, I think.
As I already pointed out here, another novel of interest is
'Backfire', but as stated since the earlier discussions about
Dan J. Marlowe, 'The Name of the Game is Death' remains his
top one.
Last week I came across an interview Marlowe gave to a
specialist French magazine (magazine defunct now) in 83 or
84, wherein he specifically mentioned that amongst his
production his preferred novels were:
'..Game ...' - we all agree with this one and 'The Vengeance
Man' (1967)- which I read long time ago but it did not strike
me as being a real achievement.
To be noted that the idea of a series came long after
'...Game..' (1962) was published. 'One Endless Hour' is dated
1969. In the same interview, Marlowe admitted that he rewrote
parts of his series novels for later re-issues, partly to
update the background of some characters- but no details
about some other things affected. He stated that "...Game
..." was the book with the most re-writing all along the
several re-issues. As for Drake he was a gangster in the 3
first novels of the series to become a kind of secret agent
in the following epiodes, under the pressure of
Fawcett.
It seems Marlowe wrote a total of 26 novels, as he started as
a writer only in 1956, when he was already 43 years old. He
died in 1986.
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--- Mark Sullivan <
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> wrote:
> I will after I've finished Operation
> Fireball. This is the third Earl Drake book
I've
> read. I'm about a
> third of the way through. I knew there was
supposed
> to be a drop-off in
> the series, I think it may begin here. Name of
the
> Game is Death was
> great. Endless Hour was also very good. This
one
> isn't bad, just seems
> kind of slack after those two. So they get
worse?
>
> Also, are there any other recommended Dan J.
Marlowe
> books beyond these
> and the great standalone Four for the
Money?
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