I'm with Jim on the similarity between Block's Matt Scudder
and Coe's Mitch Tobin, although I came at it from the other
direction, having read some Scudders first. And I recently
found out that Curt Cannon precursed them both as a reluctant
and heavy drinking investigator.
As for the similarity between Tobin and Parker, I don't see
it. The two series are written in a similar style, the two
characters may even live in the same world, but Tobin is
motivated by guilt. Actually, that should be "not motivated,"
as he only wants to be left alone to wallow in his guilt and
build his wall. This withdrawal links him to another Block
(actually Kavanagh) character, the narrator of Such Men Are
Dangerous, with his credo: "Do Nothing." However, Kavanagh is
amoral like Parker. Neither would know what guilt feels
like.
Mark
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