I agree, Patrick. I was just sort of scanning Frank McShane's discussion of Chandler's books and it struck me again how in control of his material Chandler was. I don't mind macDonald at all, but he is way more sentimental than Chandler (and excessive sentimentality is Chandler's worst fault) and much too "psychological" for my taste.
In my opinion MacDonald never wrote a book within a mile of Farewell, My Lovely or Long Goodbye and not within 2 miles of Maltese Falcon or Glass Key.
James
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick King
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 11:39
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Tobias Jones on Ross MacDonald in yesterday's Guardian
I've got to wonder when the last time was Tobias Jones read Hammett & Chandler? There's more depth in Chandler's early short stories than there is in any Ross MacDonald novel. Hell, they're all the same novel!
Patrick King
--- On Sun, 8/2/09, Raymond Tait <raymond.tait@ntlworld.com> wrote:
From: Raymond Tait <raymond.tait@ntlworld.com>
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Tobias Jones on Ross MacDonald in yesterday's Guardian
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 5:59 AM
Better than Hammett and Chandler says Jones:
http://www.guardian .co.uk/books/ 2009/aug/ 01/ross-macdonal d-crime-novels
Raymond
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