<<The argument that we shouldn't criticize him because
of what he has contributed seems specious.>>
I agree. We are talking about his books, not about his
person. I trust that he and everybody else keeps those two
things separate.
To add actual content: I think Parker has a technique close
to Chandler's but not the older man's remarkable imagination
or verbal originality. He is generally well liked in this
parts, but he can and will be critized for what he doesn't do
well. His contribution to the hardboiled PI genre is not
under question here. But we are not a group of sociologists
or historians; if we are anything, we are critics, or at
least attentive readers.
Hey, not even Hammett and Chandler have escaped criticism
here. Even more remarkably, not even Willeford has (Ned
Fleming, are you around?).
Regards,
MrT
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