Mark,
Re your question below:
"You really think so? Even at the height of Watergate, do you
think he had more name recognition than, say, Agatha Christie
and/or Mickey Spillane, maybe Ian Fleming?"
I did say "arguably." Clearly he didn't have the staying
power they did in terms of general public name recognitiion
that Christie, Spillane, Flaming, et al, had and have.
It IS worth remarking on, though, that he was, at the height
of Watergate, world-famous for a short time, and yet, despite
his productivity and prolificity, it wasn't his books he was
known for.
And his fame was great enough, at that point, that many of
the books previously published under pseudonyms, were
reprinted under his real name.
JIM DOHERTY
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