I said:
> One of the sadest reads of Chandler is
"The
> Poodle Springs Story" in which Chandler to
my
> observation is pussy whipped. Yes, the book
was
> finished by Parker, but the early part,
the
> part that Chandler wrote, was set it up
that
way.
Jim Doherty said:
> FWIW, I think Chandler developed much the
same
> idea about POODLE SPRINGS you did. I think
he
> stopped after four chapter simply because
he
> thought it wasn't working and wasn't true
to
> Marlowe's character.
It's an excellent take and one I would like to believe, but I
guess we will never know short of Jim writing a scholarly
article on it, which he is clearly able to try.
>From what I see of his argument that followed.
He
may be right.
Jim Winter said of A PURPPLE PLACE FOR DYING and of my
suggestion that Travis McGee was a man of his times as
presented by JDM
> Oh, I agree about the times. And the first
two
> books I could filter that nicely. In this
one,
I > simply found none of the characters except
> Buckleberry sympathetic.
I was defending JDM on a general basis not as in A PURPLE
PLACE FOR DYING, which I haven't read in years.
And by the way, Jim Winter did a damn good review of Michael
Sileverling's THE STERLING INHERITANCE in the current issue
of "Reflections in a Golden Eye," The Private-Eye Writers of
Amerca news letter.
He describes it as a mix of hardboiled and Cozy, with bows to
Rex Stout. The review makes me want to at least take a look
at the book.
Good work, Jim. (And both Jim's on their comments
above.)
Jack Bludis
===== Shamus and Anthony nominee http://www.jackbludis.com
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