17 Feb
2001
17 Feb
'01
8:11 a.m.
From: Helen Krummenacker avona@jps.net
Now I really wonder if you aren't a closet character junkie. Chandler didn't think much of his own plotting abilities, but liked giving the hard-boiled detective fiction a literary boost and put a lot into the character of Marlowe. <g>
Yes, but there's also a lot of social commentary, background detail and wonderfully evocative descriptions. Marlowe is a figure in a beautifully rendered landscape. I far prefer that to a beautifully rendered figure against a blank screen.
Neil