Re: RARA-AVIS: Another Heresy -- The Black Mask and other pulp fiction

From: Dennis Lynds ( dennislynds@cox.net)
Date: 04 May 2005


Juri,

Try it again.

Dennis

----- Original Message ----- From: "Juri Nummelin" < juri.nummelin@pp.inet.fi> To: < rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Another Heresy -- The Black Mask and other pulp fiction

> Mr. Lynds:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> Juri
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