Mario Taboada (matrxtech@yahoo.com)
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 06:28:20 -0700 (PDT)
Eddie Duggan:
<<I would suggest that The Dain Curse has more gothic
elements than Hammett's other novels, and there is an air of
ludicrousness about it, with more twists than a plate of
spaghetti, and it is probably the least readable of the
novels; however, the whacky cult-stuff was something of an
issue in the period in which the book was written. Just my
two penn'orth ;->>>
I have a confession to make: I like _The Dain Curse_
precisely because of its raw pulp feel. I am a sucker for the
old stuff, unsophisticated and incoherent as it may be. In
this novel, Hammett reads like Donald Wandrei, or like Erle
Stanley Gardner at his most bizarre. No-one could confuse
this stuff with realistic fiction, but it's good stuff
nevertheless.
Regards,
mt
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