Phillips discussed Chandler in Mike Nevins' interview with
him published in the digest magazine "Espionage" and you
accurately reflect those comments. As I recall, Chandler
first called him one night after reading one of Phillips'
stories in Colliers. Phillips had many stories in the slick
magazines of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Nevins also
interviewed Phillips'brother David Atlee Phillips, who was
high up in the CIA prior to his retirement. David published a
novel and a memoir after his retirement. There was some
discussion of a collaboration between the brothers with a
novel featuring Joe Gall and David's lead character but if
written, it has not seen print.
Richard Moore
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Juri Nummelin"
<juri.nummelin@p...> wrote:
> I think Chandler's quote on the cover of the Joe
Gall books came
> from a letter to James Atlee Phillips who in turn
let the GM
> editor Knox Burger see it. Furthermore I think that
Phillips said
> later he didn't get the letter back from Burger. In
the personal
> letter Chandler raved about Phillips's style. He
couldn't have
> said anything about the Joe Gall books because he
died before the
> first one in the series was published. I think
Chandler was used
> to call to Phillips at night drunk and babble about
all kinds of
> things. I don't remember anymore where this info
came from.
>
> I've read only the translations of the Joe Gall
books and some of
> them are strictly appalling. I have however several
in English
> and intend to read them someday.
>
> Juri
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