Chandler noted in either _The Simple Art of Murder_ essay or the introduction to the first hardcover printing that Hammett "may well have influenced" [my paraphrase--I don't have the book in front of me] Hemingway. Regards, Jim Mohundro - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca