Hey Jim,
That's a nifty piece of criticism -- well written and well
thought- out -- on the Op short story origins of
'Falcon'.
I highly recommend it to other Avians.
Mike
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@...> wrote:
>
> Back in Ocotober, I gave a series of
library
> presentations in Chicago's south suburbs about
THE
> MALTESE FALCON as part of one of those
> "one-community/one-book" events. For those of you
in
> Rara-Avis who weren't able to come to any of
those
> talks (and that includes all of you), you might
be
> interested in my latest "I Like 'Em Tough" column
in
> MYSTERICAL-E, which you can find here:
>
> http://www.mystericale.com/index.php?
issue=current_issue&body=file&file=like_em_tough.htm
>
> As with one of my talks, I trace the short story
roots
> of Hammett's novel.
>
> Most of this is probably stuff the bulk of R/A
is
> already familiar with, but if you're not
acquainted
> with Hammett's short work, and particularly with
his
> Continental Op series, and its affects on FALCON,
you
> might find it interesting.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
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