Re Craig's post below:
> Tobin struck me as a character very similar
to
> Parker, although
> he's on the side of right. He's a
no-nonsense,
> hard-nosed guy
> who insists that he won't do anything shady
when
> he's hired
> to find out who killed a crime boss' mistress
and
> stole some
> money, and he holds to this . . .
When I read my first Matt Scudder book (it was one of the
first Block wrote; probably TIME TO MURDER AND CREATE), I was
struck by the similarities between Tobin and Scudder. Both
former NYPP officers with unhappy professional pasts that
left them psychologically damaged. Both operating as
unofficial private eyes. Event he tone of the first person
narration seemed similar.
JIM DOHERTY
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