----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Lochte" <
dlochte@adelphia.net>
> "And finally, should Hunter and Leonard have
lied?"
>
> I think it's a mistake to make too much about these
off-the-cuff
> comments. Both Hunter and Leonard are of a certain
age and of a
> certain status where it becomes rather insulting for
them to be
> asked about writers who have influenced them. Or to
be asked
> about any other writers at all. They've been
churning out the
> books for forty or fifty years. They probably feel
that they
> should be asked about their own novels.
>
> My take is: they did lie. And they're entitled
to.
Well, without inviting Hunter and Leonard to take lie
detector tests, there's no way of knowing for sure. But I'm
frankly astonished you think so. I can easily see how
Chandler's style of writing would drive Leonard to
distraction. After all, their writing is contrary in almost
every possible way.
Al
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