Re: RARA-AVIS: Work Through This

From: Allan Guthrie ( allan@allanguthrie.co.uk)
Date: 05 Nov 2007


Could well be, Richard. My memory's not what it used to be and it used to be pretty bad.

Al

----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Moore" < moorich@aol.com> To: < rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:30 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Work Through This

> Wasn't it the THE GIRL HUNTERS (1962) where Hammer has been drunk
> for seven years because Velda has disappeared and he sobers up when
> he learns she is alive? I think that is the one Mark is remembering.
>
> Richard Moore
>
> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Guthrie" <allan@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Is it ONE LONELY NIGHT you're thinking of? The opening chapter's a
> doozy, a
>> real emotional honesty to it. I found the rest of the book hard to
> read,
>> though.
>>
>> Al
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <DJ-Anonyme@...>
>> > And where does this idea come from that Mike Hammer is simply a
> wind up
>> > toy who shoots bad guys? I'm not a fan on his, but he certainly
> has
>> > feelings and has to work through personal problems. 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?
>> >
>> > Mark



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