Re: RARA-AVIS: The Resurgence of the Spy Story

From: Ed Lynskey ( e_lynskey@yahoo.com)
Date: 12 Jun 2002


I have to agree with Scott about the Dean Martin/ Matt Helm movies being a turn off to Hamilton's novels...of course, with the good reports I've read here, I believe I'll soon give him another try.

Ed Lynskey

> I've never been a Donald Hamilton fan. But I recall reading
> that the series
> suffered a definite decline as it aged. And the Dean Martin
> movies didn't do
> much for the long-term reputation of the series.
>
> Sounds like a tough sell to me.
>
> --Scott

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