Mr. Lynds:
> If I can put in my newcomer's two-cents, a few years
ago I reread
all of
> Hammet's novels, and RED HARVEST does not stand up.
It's cliched and
> terribly dated. On the other hand I was totally
surprised by THE
THIN MAN.
> If you read it carefully, and try to forget the
movie, it's a pretty
damn
> good novel with much to say.
I thought quite the contrary when I last read the two. I
thought that "The Thin Man" was the one that was dated. And
terribly plotted.
Juri
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