Mario wrote:
"But when I read Chandler, I don't put a face on Marlowe, and
the same happens with a lot of PIs and other hardboiled
heroes. I see them as shadows, mainly operational characters
rather than existential. And when such characters are
described explicitly, I tend to skip ahead."
This is particularly the case with Lew Archer, who often
seems like an observer in his own books.
Mark
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