tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post9203033865911988948..comments2024-03-22T07:00:25.081-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Can Banville Really Bring Back Marlowe?J. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-37360901129436699092012-08-10T12:41:28.115-07:002012-08-10T12:41:28.115-07:00A writer who I think really nailed the Chandler st...A writer who I think really nailed the Chandler style and milieu, far better than Parker and some of the others you mention, was Keith Laumer in <i>Deadfall</i>.Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-3216758324438511782012-08-07T12:54:23.420-07:002012-08-07T12:54:23.420-07:00My question is why (besides the obvious). Such eff...My question is why (besides the obvious). Such efforts miss the point of the success of iconic characters such as Marlowe. It is the combination of Raymond Chandler and Philip Marlowe that made the books a success and without both the books will always lack something.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-17326001910345969352012-08-07T10:53:34.661-07:002012-08-07T10:53:34.661-07:00I agree. Conteris, the P.I. writers in the Centenn...I agree. Conteris, the P.I. writers in the Centennial collection, and Parker all showed tremendous understanding of Chandler's work and empathy with Marlowe, even if the results weren't always as wonderful as I'd hoped. (Though many of the results were, in fact, very very good).<br /><br />But Black? His gloomy, fussy, drizzly books seem a far cry from the sun-bleached mean streets and scorched and broken dreams of Marlowe's LA.<br /><br />Sure, Black might be able to pull it off (he is, after all, a pretty decent writer) but it's like the old joke about the guy who teaches his dog to speak. Great, a neighbour points out, but does the dog have anything really interesting to say?Kevin Burton Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366595974389658683noreply@blogger.com