At 09:55 PM 8/6/02 +0100, you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mario Taboada" <
matrxtech@yahoo.com>
>
><The problem with John D. is that he wrote so much
--a lot
><of it very good indeed-- and yet he isn't
identified with
><particular masterpieces (and movies), such as
Hammett's
><_Falcon_ and Chandler's _The Big Sleep_. The
third of the
><Big Three is Willeford, right?
>
>Since the context is PIs, I'd imagine the third would
be Ross Macdonald.
I agree, Al. Either "The Chill" or "The Galton Case" come to
mind, although "The Drowning Pool" is probably more popular
(not least because Paul Newman starred in the movie
adaptation).
Brian
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