--- jacquesdebierue <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Ed Lynskey
<e_lynskey@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I finished reading Chandler's THE LADY IN THE
LAKE, and was
> > struck in some scenes how it read like
Hemingway. Was Papa's
> > influence that pervasive?
>
> I think so, though Chandler was _not_ a declared fan
of
> Hemingway's...
>
> > And what a bleak novel.
>
> Indeed. This one reminds me of certain works by
Ross
> Macdonald, if you will forgive the
anachronism.
>
I believe Macdonald cited Chandler as an influence on his
work in Tom Nolan's bio., though it's been some time since I
read it. I'll go back later and look up the section.
Ed
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