My vote goes like so, not in order of preference : Bernie
Gunther (18) Chili Palmer (45) Coffin Ed Johnson (50) Dudley
Smith (74) Earl Drake (75) Easy Rawlins (77) Eddie Coyle (79)
Freddy Fenger Gravedigger Jones (104) Hoke Mosley (113) Jack
Carter (118) Lou Ford (157) Mouse (192) Nick Corey (200)
Parker (205) Perdita Durango & Romeo Dolorosa (209)
Private Roy Elwood (218) Roy Dillon (232) The Continental Op
(253) Tom Ripley (260)
How did I arrive at this list? I went through the list of
nominations & made a rough preliminary list - which came
to almost exactly 20 names. A little pruning & voila! The
characters were not chosen for their importance (or the
importance of the works they come from) & doesn't
necessarily reflect my opinions of the works or authors they
originated from. I basically picked characters that I "liked"
for whatever reason, characters who affected me in some way,
mainly that they were memorable. I don't doubt that if I were
to have another go at the list on another occasion that there
would be numerous changes, ditto if I were to put many hours
into working on the list - the topic isn't important enough
for me to invest that kind of time. Note: I personally would
have preferred to vote for Coffin Ed & Gravedigger as a
single item but as the nominations were listed separately I
went with the flow. If they had been a single vote, my spare
vote would go to Travis McGee (at this moment in time).
Rene
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