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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Moore"
<moorich2@a...> wrote:
>
<<That's a fair statement about Hammett. He had zero
mercy and that made some stories more effective and others a
bit empty. I think you are right that Macdonald brought
compassion to the PI story, and that is a significant
contribution.>>
But he wasn't alone in bringing compassion into his PI
stories: Thomas Dewey and William Campbell Gault both
followed a similar path (in the case of Gault, this wasn't
the only path, Callahan vs. Puma, etc.)
Best,
MrT
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