Mr. T. wrote:
> Ah, the dangers of imitating Chandler... Why have
writers
> tried to imitate the hardest one of them
all?
>
> The gratuitous anecdote: The other day I was
chatting with
> an Italian friend, in relation to whose work I
mentioned
> Calvino... Nooooooo!, he shouted. No-one should
write like
> Calvino. That's dangerous stuff, death in fact.
Moravia,
> fine. Buzzati, fine. But not Calvino,
please!!
Who the hell COULD imitate Calvino? I've only read INVISIBLE
CITIES, but the fellow's work truly does seem
inimitable.
> I think Hammetians have fared a lot better
than
> Chandlerians. And if this stokes the fires of
definitional
> and stylistic hell, so be it.
I tend to agree. Would you clasify Joe Gores as a Hammetian?
I just finished 32 CADILLACS and loved it.
All the Best-
Brian Thornton
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