Kevin Burton Smith wrote:
> > The PI story HAS become more
> >international in recent years, but for many
years,
> >particularly the years immediately
post-Chandler, it
> >was almost exclusively the province of
American
> >characters.
>
> At least those written by American authors. There
may be more P.I.s
> in heaven and earth than dreamt of in your
philosophy, Horatio.
>
> There have many Non-American P.I.s written by
non-American P.I.s, not
> just recently but going back at least as far as
French writer Leo
> Malet's Nestor Burma, who made his debut in the
early forties and
> who's actually supposed to be one of this month's
themes.
>
> Any way you cut it, Malet was an interesting writer,
not just
> allegedly inspired by Chandler but also a
contemporary, and Nestor
> Burma an extremely interesting detective, an overtly
political eye
> pounding the mean streets of occupied, and later
post-war, France.
> Has anyone read him, in either English or even
better, French? And
> has anyone read any of the graphic novel adaptations
by Jacques
> Tardi? I'd love to hear some thoughts on him, and
how he's regarded
> these days in France.
Fairly well-respected, IIRC. The tv show ran for 7 seasons
(1991-2000), which might indicate how well-thought of the
character is.
I think the graphic novels are pretty good, but the art style
isn't quite fitting for the genre.
Jean-Marc Lofficier has a page on Burma here:
http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/nestorburma.htm
jess
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