It's a pretty good article, with enough meat in it to spark a
half-dozen or
so threads in this list, not the least of which is the
assertion that
today's private eyes "feel like nostalgic diehards, worn down
by the strain
of keeping the Chandler faith alive...as a compelling myth,
the private eye
is history."
Rafferty also discusses Mosley, Lawrence Block, Timothy
Harris, James Lee
Burke, Frank Miller (?) and Carroll O'Connell, among others.
I don't agree
with everything he says, but his arguments are
well-presented, and he has
certainly given us some food for thought.
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