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DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
> Which is the book
> where he starts off a drunk and has to sober up
to
> save Velma? Isn't
> that just the kind of dealing with booze
that
> Patrick complained about?
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He drinks hot coffee with Pat and gets over it. I wouldn't
say he "works through" the problem. I don't think he even
throws up. Hammer's ability to handle booze is quite magical
in all the books. My point is, be it Hammer with booze or
Spade with sociopaths, most people cannot hope to deal with
reality in this same manner. That's what makes this escapist
material. Mike Hammer in an AA meeting sounds like a George
Carlin routine. Spillane would never have done it because the
idea is a downer.
Patrick King
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