Kevin Smith (kvnsmith@colba.net)
Sun, 29 Aug 1999 12:46:34 -0400
I believe the nameless Continental Op married, settled down,
and passed on his occupation and name to a detective
(possibly his grandson) that Bill Pronzini has written a book
or two about. Talk about doing the family non-name
proud.
Hamilton Nash was a kinda anagram for Dash Hammett, coined
solely for the TV version of THE DAIN CURSE.
In fact, some purists might argue that hardboiled literature
started its long, downhill slide the moment authors started
giving their protagonists complete names.
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