Jay Gertzman wrote:
> ...But here's
> something that is not "crap" about the classic crime
novels of the 30s:
> Male protagonists prefer a world where women do not
influence their
> moral choices or restrain their subversive sense of
justice.
Male protagonists prefer a world where NOBODY influences
their moral choices.
> PIs like Archer, Marlowe, and Spade are very aware
of who they
> are and what they stand for.
Isn't Archer Ross Macdonald's character? That wasn't 1930s,
was it? Late forties or early fifties, wasn't it?
> They accept their isolation, and like singleness as
much as
> they like going to bed with, taking to, and enjoying
the company of
> women. It's a very important question.
What's the question? Was it in an earlier thread?
miker
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