From Charles Kelly:
"Unfortunately, I haven't come up with anything about how or
why the changes were made in the revised edition of THE NAME
OF THE GAME IS DEATH. Because most of the changes are very
minor, "editing" type changes, my guess is that an editor
rewrote it. The notable changes deal with calling the main
character "Earl Drake," which didn't happen in the original
edition. In the original version, the character uses the
false names Roy Martin and Chet Arnold, but never Earl Drake.
Also, a couple of passages are changed to downplay the
possibility that (a) the main character's occasional
impotence might mean he is homosexual and (b) that he is
sexually aroused by violence, particularly by killing. Those
sound like editing changes meant to fit in with the character
of Drake as he developed as a secret agent type."
Al
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Al,
>
> Thanks for pointing out the article on Marlowe.
Fascinating stuff.
> Since it's on your site, I assume you have contact
with its author,
> Charles Kelly. Does he know anything about the
rewrite of Name of
the
> Game, why it was done?
>
> Mark
>
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