Well people drank a lot in the Thirties. I mean, it was a
social gesture in fiction, for sure, like having people in
movies smoke cigarettes so they have something to do w/ their
hands.
Point being, THE THIN MAN is a charmer. Please read past the
first five pp. It's one of the best. It's so good even the
movie adaptation is good. It's so good that even the goofy
unrelated *sequels* are good!
Don
--- Chuck <
chuckelp@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> And, Dave, I must say that Red Harvest is
my
> favorite Hammett at this
> point. I couldn't get past the first 5 pages of
Thin
> Man -- every body
> had to have a drink in their hand. Dumb. Will
I'll
> check out
> Continental Op in the next few weeks.
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Dave
> Zeltserman" <dz@...> wrote:
> >
> > Patrick,
> >
> > I could not disagree more with you about
the
> Continental Op which I
> > consider some of the best crime fiction
written.
> Btw. You left out Red
> > Harvest which has made a number of best 100
book
> lists, including Time
> > Magazines.
> >
> > --Dave
> >
> >
> > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
> <abrasax93@> wrote:
> > >
> > > All of Cain's books are interesting and
most of
> them
> > > are great novels. While Hammett's The Thin
Man &
> The
> > > Maltese Falcon are great books, the others
tell
> the
> > > breakneck speed he wrote at. The Glass
Key, The
> Dane's
> > > Curse are pretty awful in my opinion, and
the
> > > Continental Op is a cartoon. I would say
Cain's
> only
> > > equal is Jim Thompson. They're, of couse,
much
> > > different stylists, but their quaility
is
> consistent
> > > from book to book.
> > >
> > > Patrick King
> > > --- Dave Zeltserman <dz@>
wrote:
> >
>
>
>
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