Frederick wrote:
>Tom Nolan tells the story how Warren Zevon gives Ross
Macdonald credit for
>directly intervening and saving his life. What makes
the story great is the
>two men didn't know each other.
Well, they did actually meet at least twice, once at a very
pivotal point in Zevon's life. Zevon, in fact, credits
Macdonald with saving his life, and actually dedicates an
album to him.
The story's recounted in a Paul Nelson article in Rolling
Stone years ago, in Nolan's book and regurgitated in an
article I did for January Magazine's Ross Macdonald Tribute a
few years ago. You could look it up at http://www.januarymagazine.com/features/macsmith.html.
Of course, if you wanna really know about how truly decent
Macdonald was, forget about my article and get it first hand,
from Fred's fine article, "Have You Ever Thought about Doing
Something Serious, Like Detective Fiction?" at http://www.januarymagazine.com/features/zackel.html
But you don't need Smith or Zackel or even Nolan to see what
a great and compassionate (and half-Canadian!) writer
Macdonald was. Just read the damn books.
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