Doug said:
> I am still waiting for someone to write a
> hardboiled novel in which the protag. is
a
psychotic killer and his sidekick is a sarcastic,
> wisecracking PI.
Jim Doherty responded:
>How about Mike Hammer and Velda? Mike's
edged
toward the psychotic a time or two . . . And
>while his secretary, Velda, doesn't crack
>wise all that often, she IS an
honest-to-God
>licensed PI.
Good observation, Jim:
Although Mike Hammer is important in the history of PI
fiction, he is also one of its most vicious characters on
either side of the law.
Mike Hammer = Vigalante sadist
It works for many if not most PI readers through.
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