Ross Thomas completed the scenario of the movie that Joe
Gores himself
could'nt.
In the novel HAMMETT, many characters in CONTINENTAL OP
series' models
appered. Gores chose almost same place in Chinatown alley
Hammett used.
As Author's Note says, Hammett lived the same place that
Samuel Spade's
apartment in 1928. In this book, Jimmy Wriht(!), and even
Bill Pronzini's
great-uncle(he was a real bootleger, but maybe the name was't
Bill) appered.
I love this book as I love Dashiell Hammett.
Maki Nakada(a.k.a.,Hirotsuji)
makihna@ga2.so-net.ne.jp
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