Miker,
Re your comment below:
> I've been meaning to go back and reread
MALTESE
> FALCON. I can definitely
> see the impersonal nature of RED HARVEST, but
I
> kinda thought that Hammett
> exhibited a more personal element with
Sam.
If you thought Hammett's narrative style in HARVEST was
impersonal, you'll find that it'll seem warm and cuddly
compared to FALCON. FALCON is one of the best examples I've
ever seen of waht one writing instructor I had called "the
camera/tape recorder" mode of narration. Nothing is spelled
out except what can concretely be seen and heard. All
emotions, thoughts, interior monologue, etc., are things the
reader has to infer.
JIM DOHERTY
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