tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post5475433845430914030..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Remembering Robert and Joan ParkerJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-263330831744771462013-10-04T04:38:12.616-07:002013-10-04T04:38:12.616-07:00Thanks for the lovely comments, and of course Patr...Thanks for the lovely comments, and of course Patrick you are indeed right - in that era, fiction reflected those times. I only quoted the 'British end' but aware that it was not restricted to Britain - AliAli Karimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640079406581573368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-34286218549604919832013-10-03T10:37:23.907-07:002013-10-03T10:37:23.907-07:00Thanks very much for sharing this post, but I have...Thanks very much for sharing this post, but I have one minor complaint.<br /><br />"Some of the so called British Golden Age [mystery] novels had causal homophobia, anti-Semitism and racism, which was a feature of the period that those books were written in (and included Ian Fleming, Agatha Christie, etc.)."<br /><br />It wasn't just the Brits, either. Let's not forget Mike Hammer and those "Japs" he loves so much. Or Chandler and the triple-threat of homophobia, misogyny, and racism you'll find in THE BIG SLEEP, which makes the mere racism of FAREWELL, MY LOVELY downright refreshing by comparison.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-91459074961380102242013-10-03T10:22:54.788-07:002013-10-03T10:22:54.788-07:00What a great anecdote.What a great anecdote.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-40537732650665179662013-10-03T05:55:50.280-07:002013-10-03T05:55:50.280-07:00I attended your panel in Albany. It was fun throug...I attended your panel in Albany. It was fun throughout, yet the letter from Joan Parker brought everyone back inside himself for a few minutes to appreciate what he'd done, and what he meant to a genre we all love. Her letter went a long way toward explaining why we felt that way. Even when not expressing it overtly, Parker's sense of fair play came through between every line.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing that with us.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-74241506991137897662013-10-02T15:42:53.103-07:002013-10-02T15:42:53.103-07:00I was never a big fan of the tough guy P.I. and co...I was never a big fan of the tough guy P.I. and could never quite figure out why Spenser was an exception. hank you for sharing his wife's letter to you. It helps explain why I liked "tough guy" Spenser. It was his sense of fair play. Ronald Tierneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206733759847447910noreply@blogger.com