>hardboiled@juno.com[SMTP:hardboiled@juno.com] wrote: > ><<QUESTION 2 : Who could write an acceptable Marlowe novel >right now?>> > To tell the truth, I haven't read Parker's Marlowe work. When I first heard he was finishing "Poodle Springs," I was a little surprised, because his Spenser style is quite different from Chandler's Marlowe style. I figured he got the assignment because Parker is supposedly a Chandler expert and because Spenser was so wildly popular. But my opinion is just that--an opinion. For those of you who've read "Poodle Springs" and the follow-up, how does Parker's work on Marlowe stand up >to the Chandler test?--Duane - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca