More seriously, one of my favorite short stories in the field
is Ross Macdonald's "Midnight Blue". It boasts one of the
best final lines I've ever read.
doug
--- Kevin Burton Smith <
kvnsmith@colba.net> wrote:
>
> Too bad, though, they're probably all from the
early
> part of his
> career, when he was still trying to be Chandler.
A
> short story
> written post-THE GALTON CASE might be
really
> fascinating. Still, new
> Macdonald is new Macdonald. Anyone who cares
about
> hard-boiled
> detective fiction should be jazzed by this
news.
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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