RARA-AVIS: Hammett
Lesserkind (Lesserkind@aol.com)
Wed, 26 Nov 1997 13:28:35 EST
Okay, I know that if it wasn't for the maltese falcon we
wouldn't have
are whole hard boiled genre today, and Chandler, Archer,
Parker, Jon Valin,
etc would have never existed to be like they are (or were)
today. But despite
of the great following that inspired the Long Goodbye and
others, I liked the
Maltese Falcon, book and film, but I don't think by any means
is it as well
written and beautifully as Red Harvest, which is, in my
opinion, the greatest
crime novel of all time.
Red Harvest was written before the Maltese Falcon, and to me
it is
more interesting because of the plot and the characters, such
as the infamous
Dina Brand and police chief Noonan.
I recomend this book highly if you haven't read it. Also, just
as
Chandler, Archer, etc grew out of te Maltese Falcon, James
Ellroy, Elmore
Leonard, Ross Thomas, Carl Hiaasin, Richard Stark, (AKA Donald
E Westlake)
Donald Hammilton, Charles McCary all grew from Red
Harvest.
Nick
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