Thread: The best crime/mystery novel of the Twentieth Century
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Old 06-27-2011, 06:16 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
Hammett and Chandler clearly rejected the English cozy mystery tradition , which they thought sissified and unrealistic . They embraced the side of Holmes who was expert in the ancient fighting art of baritsu , who had a sidekick who was a former soldier who carried a gun, and who had his street sources- the Baker Street Irregulars.
They clearly saw themselves as moving beyond Holmes in a more realistic direction. But the ghost of Holmes stands behind all mystery heroes.
If Hammett and Chandler had heroes who had sidekicks and were martial arts experts, I must have missed those stories. What were they?
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