Richard, thanks for posting this. In a double interview he did with
Elmore Leonard, both of them knock Chandler pretty heavily, and (if I
remember correctly) they aren't crazy about Hammett, either. I am sure
that they both said that Chandler's sentences suck.
It's interesting that none of these two major crime writers are
associated with the classic hardboiled mystery writers or with the PI
tradition.
Now, how many times has the PI gotten killed? No wonder they make him
so durable.
Best,
mrt
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