>"Bill Denton was dead, and lucky to be dead. He had
been very badly
>used."
Gee, and I was just talking to him. He seemed fine...
And Dick (Bill's Playboy buddy) wrote:
>Almost every PI writer gets the "new Raymond
Chandler" quote, but I
>think Dewey and
>Howard Brown (with his Paul Pine) are the authors who
really did come close
>to Chandler.
Just to slam it all home, THE MEAN STREETS opens with a quote
from Chandler's "The Simple Art of Murder," showing exactly
where Dewey nicked his title, and that he knew exactly what
he was doing. The book came out in 1954, Chandler's essay in
1944.
And I'd add Leigh Brackett to that small list of Chandler
disciples who really got it right.
Kevin Burton Smith The Thrilling Detective Web Site http://www.colba.net/~kvnsmith/thrillingdetective/
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