Dear Bob,
I agree with everything you said, except for "in like FINN."
It is picaresque, but if doesn't have a good plot--I'm
heading out for the territories.!
Bob Toomey wrote:
>
> Well, anybody who reads Chandler for his plots is
sitting in the wrong
> pew. But FAREWELL, MY LOVELY, at least, has a rock
solid plot, and THE
> LADY IN THE LAKE and THE LONG GOODBYE aren't far
behind.
>
> I don't think plots matter much anyway. HUCKLEBERRY
FINN does fine
> without one. It's all in the telling.
>
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