--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Ed Lynskey
<e_lynskey@...> wrote:
>
> A few years ago, I heard Lawrence Block speak on a
panel of
> crime fiction writers. He was asked if he ever
envisioned or
> planned for his protagonists P.I. Matt Scudder and
gentleman
> burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr to meet. He said though
both live in
> NYC, they'd always move in parallel
universes.
>
> Hasn't this meeting of different series main
characters been
> done in the past?
Didn't Westlake get Dortmunder and friends into a Parker
novel? Also, Gores and Westlake did mix up their respective
characters. I don't know about Block, though. Scudder and
Rhodenbarr doesn't sound like a promising mix, though a
casual brush is possible, of course.
Best,
mrt
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