Part of the endurance factor for THE MALTESE FALCON is its
ambiguous nature. I previously mentioned the meaning of the
Flitcraft story and the extent of Sam's feelings for Brigid
as examples. A while ago I was reading an article about the
portrayal of homosexuality in early hardboiled and the author
suggested that the entire Gutman gang was homosexual. I
thought that was interesting since the standard
interpretation limited it to just the two.
miker
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