RARA-AVIS: Re: are authors the best judge of their work?

From: Vince Emery (vince@emery.com)
Date: 25 Nov 2009

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    Hammett was largely dissatisfied with his own work. He called his great Continental Op tales "junk" and said The Maltese Falcon was "too manufactured."

    Vince Emery

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