My list. Nothing too controversial. (I'm not sure Smiley
really belongs on this sort of list, but he is one of my
favorite characters. But if we're going to delve into spy
novels, how about that fella from The Spy Who Came in from
the Cold?) Doug
9. Arkady Renko (series, Martin Cruz Smith) 15. Batman
(comics/novels series, various authors) 65. Dick Tracy
(newspaper strip, Chester Gould) 69. Doc McCoy (GETAWAY, Jim
Thompson) 78. Eddie Coyle (THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, George
V. Higgins) 91. Frank Chambers & Cora Papadakis (THE
POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, James M. Cain) 95. George Smiley
(series, John Le Carre) 124. Jay Gatsby (THE GREAT GATSBY, F.
Scott Fitzgerald) 144. Lamont Cranston (THE SHADOW, various
authors) 146. Lew Archer (series, Ross Macdonald) 151. Lou
Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD TOWN, Jim Thompson) 164. Matt
Helm (series, Donald Hamilton) 203. Philip Marlowe (series,
Raymond Chandler) 220. Roy Dillon (THE GRIFTERS, Jim
Thompson) 223. Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell
Hammett) 225. Shaft (series, Ernest Tidyman) 234. Smilla
Jaspersen (SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW , Peter Hø¥§©Š 242. The
Continental Op (series, Dashiell Hammett) 248. Tom Ripley
(series, Patricia Highsmith) 256. Walter Huff (DOUBLE
INDEMNITY, James M. Cain)
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