Greg Swan (greg@swans.org)
Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:09:45 -0700
I've heard the rumor, too, and recall that it was Stephen
Marlowe (author of the Chester Drumm books), who was pegged
as the ghost. I do find The Deep in some way different from
the other Spillane books. For instance, I've liked it better
than the others I've read, but that's hardly incisive
criticism. :-) I'm unsure about Marlowe as the ghost. I've
found the Drumm books I've read to be a bit dull. I've only
read the later Drumms written for the "spy" market. I did
find those amusing from a fish-out-of-water perspective. I
mean, what would happen if a hardboiled private eye tried to
cross into communist East Germany? Marlowe answers that
question!
> : The Spillane book is the one that's been rumored
for years to be a
> : ghost job.
>
> Did the rumours say why? Spillane never struck me as
the kind of guy who
> had trouble churning out a book when he needed some
folding green.
>
>
> Bill
> --
> William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/
: Caveat
lector.
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