Hammett-Pynchon connection

[Eulenspiegel7646 at aol.com]

Today's San Francisco Chronicle Magazine has an interesting article....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/06/CMGS7AO2E21.DTL

THE BIRD 
How the Falcon Got His Wings 
What does Hammett's choice for a symbol say about his personal demons?
by David Kipen
To paraphrase Groucho Marx on ducks -- why a falcon? 
"A 75th anniversary rereading of "The Maltese Falcon" provokes this 
surprisingly under-explored question....
"Writers don't pick symbols by accident, even if they may think they do."
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