Vicki wrote:
I think Hammet is much worse on the racism/misogyny than
other writers of that period because of the casual
assumptions that fall into the background. It's
fine to have a character who's a racist, as a character
flaw, but it bugs me how it's not really a purposeful point
in the Maltese Falcon. Notice that Cain, being in the same
era, has no racism, and his women might be bad, but they're
not weak.
**************** I've been thinking about this and I can't
recall a single incident in The Maltese Falcon that's racist.
Guess it's been too long since I've read it.
Cain's Postman is brilliant. It's up there with Hemingway. I
have never read anything else by Cain. I'm afraid it will
disappoint me.
miker
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