-----Original Message----- From: brooks hefner <
brookshefner@hotmail.com> To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Date: Thursday, September 14, 2000
8:03 AM Subject: RARA-AVIS: The Dain Curse-why the bad
rap?
>i've heard Hammett's _The Dain Curse_ referred to as
his worst novel, his
>most pulpy, and least well-constructed. how does
everyone here feel about
>it? granted, it doesn't quite stack up to _Red
Harvest_, but all in all it
>isn't so bad. it wanders, played out in episodes, but
perhaps with a larger
>purpose? any ideas out there?
I think it is the
least well-constructed, based on the episodic quality that
you note. But it is not half as pulpy as _Red Harvest_. And
it does have some good moments. I always feel that _Thin
Man_, while not the best book either, gets a worse rap than
it deserves.
James
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