RARA-AVIS: Chris Bahn's top 20

From: William Denton ( buff@pobox.com)
Date: 08 Apr 2002


Mr. Bahn's mail program is acting up, so I'm passing these along on his behalf:

| A lurker de-lurks:
|
| 1) 12. Artie Wu & Quincy Durant (series, Ross Thomas)
| 2) 16. Batman (comics/novels series, various authors)
| 3) 29. Brigid O'Shaughnessy (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett)
| 4) 54. Coffin Ed Johnson & Gravedigger Jones (series, Chester Himes)
| 5) 80. Dudley Smith (L.A. QUARTET series and CLANDESTINE, James Ellroy)
| 6) 118. Harry Lime (THE THIRD MAN, Graham Greene)
| 7) 123. Hoke Moseley (series, Charles Willeford)
| 8) 155. John Shaft( series, Ernest Tidyman)
| 9) 172. Lou Ford (KILLER INSIDE ME and WILD TOWN, Jim Thompson)/
| 10) 186. Matthew Scudder (series, Lawrence Block)
| 11) 196. Mike Hammer (series, Mickey Spillane)
| 12) 207. Mouse (Easy Rawlins series, Walter Mosley)
| 13) 222. Parker (series, Richard Stark)
| 14) 229. Philip Marlowe (series, Raymond Chandler)
| 15) 252 Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett)
| 16) 273. The Continental Op (series, Dashiell Hammett)
| 17) 215. Nick Corey (POP 1280 - Jim Thompson)
|
| Write-ins:
| 18) Rorschach (WATCHMEN, Alan Moore)
| 19) Ehrengraf (short stories, Lawrence Block)
| 20) Flitcraft (THE MALTESE FALCON, Dashiell Hammett)

First vote for Flitcraft!

Bill

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