I said: "I might want to go to an anti-Chandler
Paradigm."
Al Guthrie replied: "I'll buy it. I'll even pay for it
now."
I won't hold him to that.
Most of my work to date is defintely
Chandleresque--well, they followed the paradigm to a point. I
can honestly say the paradigm was adapted unconsciously. I
wrote the two books published in my own name (The Big Switch
& The Deal Killer) before I was on any discussion
lists.
My comment about an anti-Chandler paradigm was not said
tongue in cheek. It got me thinking about other ways to go
about it.
But I think Lawrence Block with Scudder does not follow the
plot paradigm, even though Scudder is single, an ex-cop and
used to drink too much.
One thing missing in the critique of the paradigm is that in
most states a person must have law-enforcement experience to
be a PI.
And BTW PI readers and editors. PI's can still legally be
called "Private Detectives" in some places and until
recently, at least in my area, they were in the yellow pages
as such.
I think the locals felt the wrath of editors and maybe NYC
cops who hate PIs to be called "Private Detectives."
Jack Bludis
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