Mario Taboada (matrxtech@yahoo.com)
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:13:50 -0700 (PDT)
Dismissive criticism of Hammett (as of Hemingway and, more
recently, of Norman Mailer) is prevalent among self-styled
"postmoderns" and "feminist" types. These people hate those
quintessentially modern authors; they favor instead confused,
self-referential and supremely boring narratives of the John
Barth-Marguerite Duras variety. In fairness to Bowman, I
don't know if he belongs to these so-called
"theoretical" circles. Certainly, his article seems
misinformed and poorly argued.
Why doesn't Salon get a prominent hardboiled writer to write
on Hammett, someone like Block or Pronzini or Gores or any
number of people who love and understand the genre and its
history?
Best regards,
Mario Taboada
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