--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "James R. Winter"
<winter_writes@e...> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Coggins"
<coggins@i...>
> wrote:
>
> <<<Who did Macdonald influence--or who
writes in his tradition?>>>
>
> George Pelecanos. He writes the most despicable
characters, and yet
> you understand exactly why they are the way they
are.
>
> But there's a heavy dose of Chandler in there, too.
Strange and
> Quinn are not men who are themselves
mean.
>
> Jim Winter
This is a very good point about Pelecanos -- his work feels
like its influences are hybrid: his protagonists are
generally humane and sympathetic (in a way Archer usually is
and Marlowe sometimes isn't), but he makes his points about
human beings and criminal society through action and dialogue
(Chandleresque) while Archer often makes them through
Monologue. Not that Marlowe doesn't have a monologue / sermon
/ rant or two here and there. I enjoy GP's work quite a bit
(I read Right as Rain in one sitting at the bookstore, but
didn't buy it; sorry George, I'll buy the next one).
mds
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