tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post116734218254144104..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Raymond Chandler Rules!J. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-42022096936894840642014-11-21T21:34:52.334-08:002014-11-21T21:34:52.334-08:00This prompted me to peruse about half of The Drown...This prompted me to peruse about half of The Drowning Pool – 133 pages or so – to see how many similes I could count. (I’m using the Vintage Crime Black Lizard edition from May 1996). I counted thirty four and no doubt missed a few. (REVISION, 11/21/14 - It is a much higher number. In my initial reading I was in a super noisy Starbucks on 39th and 8th and apparently this affected my concentration.) I haven’t done the legwork, but I think some of the later books might have a slightly higher ratio. That’s a lot, but in any case I would argue that many of Macdonald’s similes are so strong that they infinitely enrich the work. Not only that – they are so strong that they put many “serious” writers of fiction to shame.<br />http://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2014/11/ross-macdonald-drowning-pool.html#.VHAI3DSUeRZElizabethhttp://postmoderndeconstructionmadhouse.blogspot.com/2014/11/ross-macdonald-drowning-pool.html#.VHAI3DSUeRZnoreply@blogger.com