--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Burton Smith
<kvnsmith@...> wrote:
>
> John Shannon wrote:
>
> > Yes, you can pick the very sentence where
Chandler stops and Parker
> > starts.
> > Too bad. Fifty writers (or so) could have done
a creditable job
> > completing
> > Poodle Springs.
>
> And probably would have been as routinely slammed
for it as well. A
> short story is one thing, but completing an
unfinished novel by
> someone so beloved and with such a distinctive
voice?
>
It's a very difficult task. Lawrence Block did something
similar when he completed a Woolrich novel. I think the
result was quite good. I couldn't tell when Woolrich ended
and Block started. He even used some of Woolrich's awkward
constructions to give it verisimilitude.
Best,
mrt
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