Thank you for joining us. I didn't realize Mario had
implemented the invitation so soon. For those of you who are
unfamiliar with John and his work work, I'd recommend going
to Kevin's interview with him a few years ago at
http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/jshannon.html
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I think it was Terrell who mentioned your work when we were
discussing apocolyptic ficion. Indeed, you don't seem view
Los Angeles as a particularly idyllic.
I have a few questions for you, Mr Shannon -
We have had what seems like an interminable discussion of
Elliott Gould's portrayal of Philip Marlowe in Robert
Altman's film, The Long Goodbye. I don't want to incite that
again so I won't ask you about your view, but do you regard
your character, Jack Liffey, is a loser? If that seems too
simple, would you please expand on your answer?
Your view of Los Angeles seems to indicate that you
feel the area is headed for disaster. Do you think it is
becoming unlivable or is that mainly literary license? Even
worse, do you think it has it already reached that state?
Mark
--- jacquesdebierue <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would like to welcome hardboiled author
John
> Shannon, who has just
> joined our list. My thanks to blumenidiot, who
did
> the inviting. And
> if you have comments about Shannon's work,
well,
> here's the man
> himself, so shoot away!
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
>
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