Mark mentioned:
>I kept thinking about Hammett's Flitcraft story while
reading 3 to Kill.
>Beams fall into Gerfaut's life. And they keep falling
for a while. He
>comes completely loose from his civilized shorings
and aligns himself
>with the nature of his new world, even becomes a
killer, first in the
>moment, then calculatingly. When that plays out,
though, it does not
>staisfy him. Flitcraft recreated a life much like his
old one when the
>beams stopped falling. Gerfaut goes even further and
just steps back
>into his own old life, telling everyone he has no
memories of the past
>year, as if none of it happened. And in a way, it
didn't. Nothing has
>changed.
Interesting comparisons, Mark. I read The Prone Gunman a few
months back either immediately before or after reading James
Sallis' spy novel/road novel Death Will Have Your Eyes.
Sallis' book was the perfect counterpunch to The Prone
Gunman. David from from Death Will Have Your Eyes is in many
ways the counterpoint to Gerfault. He wants to remember
everything.
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