ATD & Raymond Chandler

[Carvill John]

>Also, from the point at which Lew Basnight was first mentioned very  early 
>in the book
>I immediately thought of Lew Archer, who could be said to be Ross  
>Macdonald's
>post-war (WW2) update on Philip Marlowe.

Me too, and of course Miles Archer, Sam Spade's partner. I started into one 
of Ross MacDonald's books once, think it was The Blue Hammer, all I can 
remember is something about a tennis match and an impression that strongly 
reminded me of CHandler. I don't think I got very far into teh book, either 
way I don't know if MacDonald/Archer inherited Chandler/Marlowe's sardonic 
humour but Lew Basnight certainly seems to have it.

Maybe it's just me but I also got hints of Jake Gittes in those Lew in LA 
scenes, the scene with 'Mrs Deuce Kindred' reminded me of Jake with Mrs 
Bodine in 'The Two Jakes'...

Back with Chandler, there's a link through Philip Marlowe to Christopher 
'Kit' Marlowe to Christopher 'Kit' Traverse and "haar rekening, ja?" on page 
540. WHat it all adds up to, or whether it adds up to anything, who can say? 
But Lew is still my favourite ATD character...

Cheers
JC

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