I've followed this threat for a while without comment--at
least none where I hit the send key, but I think what we are
really talking about is Hammett's comments on Ross MacDonald
after he received his NYTimes Book Review cover review.
He did comment on the pock-marked (car), and said he was
overrated. I suspect it may have been sour grapes over not
being considered literary at the time.
The comment about Ross MacDonald's pock marked
(car) is in his letters, but later in his letters is the fact
that he finally came around to admit that Ross was one of the
great ones.
As far as I am concerned there were only two great
onee--Chandler and Hammett.
Jack Bludis
http://www.jackbludis.com
Shamus nominee for "Shadow of the Dahlia" Amazon.com / BN.com
/ MysteryLovesCompany.com
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