I will add, in light of Juri's second comment, that Chase
being British, he had at that time (the 30s) very few chances
to come across the realize anecdote on which Faulkner based
part of his book, prior to the publishing of Sanctuary. On
the other hand, Faulkner was already rather acclaimed in
Europe and Chase was in the book selling business (traveling
salesman), so he certainly knew well Faulkner's novel, and he
definitely took it as one of the bases for his own first
novel. Also, he was struck by the sales successes of
"American" HB novels in the UK (some being written by
Europeans, but mimicking the models) and it was the feeling
that he could easily write something like those novels that
lead him to try by himself. So, without any real writing
experience he wrote "Orchids..." during his free time (week
ends spread over two months only!). Amongst his other
inspirations for his book there is a great chance that one of
them was the "family story" of Ma Baker (as gangsters news
traveled well and quick to Europe press and newsreels).
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
jimdohertyjr
>Re the recent comments on NO ORCHIDS and SANCTUARY,
including Juri's
>
>:Having not read either book, I'm wondering whether
it's possible that Chase was not deliberately ripping off
Faulkner. SANCTUARY was
>supposed to have been loosely based on a real-life
kidnapping case.
>Is it possible that Chase simply heard about the same
case and based
>his own novel on it, independent of Faulkner's
already having done so?
>
>JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
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