Bill says:
<<Who would you rather be, though? I think Chandler's
been so influential because we want to be Marlowe, not the
Op.>>
The free agent is more attractive to the national psyche than
the employee. The Op. is not a total hack, though; he has his
ideas of good, bad and grey. I would not say he is uniformly
cynical.
Best, and it's always a pleasure to discuss Hammett, an
enigmatic man.
MrT
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