Kevin,
Re your comment below:
> My guess is that even if Chandler had lived
to
> complete POODLE
> SPRINGS himself, plenty of you would have
been
> disappointed with it.
I think you're absolutely right. Before Parker completed the
novel, I read the fragment Chandler'd left behind and felt
somewhat relieved that it hadn't been completed. I think part
of Parker's problem was that a lot of Chandler fans really
didn't WANT to see this one finished. Parker himself said as
much once
(some years before he was offered the chance to do so,
however).
I haven't read it yet, but I suspect that Parker's solo
Marlowe novel, PERCHANCE TO DREAM, a direct sequel to THE BIG
SLEEP, might be more satisfying that POODLE SPRINGS
was.
Does anyone who's read the both have an opinion?
JIM DOHERTY
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