--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jacques Debierue"
<matrxtech@y...> wrote:
>
> --- In
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
True enough. I believe Lew Archer had a four or five year
headstart on Gault's Brock Callahan stories but I'm not
certain when compassion began to be so evident in the
Macdonald novels. My recollection is that Gault had it from
the first book. And talking about name-challenged PIs! We too
often forget Thomas Dewey's Mac novels. I am more familiar
with the the later novels and certainly they had the C factor
going for them. Not sure about the earlier Mac novels. Some
series began hardboiled in the Spillane heyday and then
softened (poached?) around 1960 or so. It's been years since
I've read one.
Richard Moore
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