Jim,
I agree. I was struck by the Similarities between "Pale
Kings" and "Red Harvest" when I read the latter (having read
Parker first, and coming at it backwards).
At 02:50 PM 5/15/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Brian,
>
>Re your comment below:
>
> > I'm not familiar with J.F. Cooper, and
after
> > re-reading 'Red Harvest', I
> > think the similarities between Spenser
and
> > Hammett's Continental Op are
> > even more striking. Spenser, while wry in
his
> > assessments of the human
> > condition, just isn't as bitter as Marlowe.
It
> > could just be me, though.
>
>Didn't Spenser appear in his own version of
RED
>HARVEST. I think it was called PALE KINGS
AND
>PRINCES. Cocaine dealer rather bootlegggers, but
the
>same basic "town-tamer" plot (though not as
well
>done).
>
>JIM DOHERTY
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