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New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade - "In Spade & Archer" - Rich Kid - Thousands In Gold Coins
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http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/l...article/595493 New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade Published Saturday March 7th, 2009 By Joe Gores (Alfred A. Knopf) Veteran mystery writer Joe Gores has written Spade & Archer, a "prequel" to Dashiell Hammett's 1930 masterpiece, The Maltese Falcon. Taking on Hammett is a formidable task. The Maltese Falcon was a novel of astounding originality. It virtually invented the noir style. And the novel's protagonist, Sam Spade - disdainful of authority, wisecracking in the face of danger, and impervious to the wiles of conniving women - defined the American private eye for all time. Still, Gores would seem to be a logical candidate for the job. He's something of a Hammett expert. He made Hammett, who worked as a Pinkerton detective before taking up writing, the hero of one of his 16 previous detective novels (Hammett, 1975.) And Hammett's daughter, Jo Marshall, gave Gores her approval. Gores has said that in writing the book, he "set out to find out for myself who Sam Spade was when he started out." By that standard, the book doesn't work, because we still don't know. Gores does invent new details about Spade's past. But from the very first page of Spade & Archer, Sam Spade is the same cool customer we came to know in Hammett's book, and Gores provides no insight into how he got to be that way. In writing Spade & Archer, Gores abandoned his own broad prose style and chose instead to mimic Hammett's staccato dialogue and clipped narrative. In Spade & Archer, Spade is hired to find a rich kid who is trying to run away to the South Sea Islands, investigates the theft of thousands of dollars in gold coins, looks into the apparent suicide of a banker, helps out a young woman who's gotten herself into some kind of trouble, and is hired by the illegitimate daughter of Sun Yat-Sen to track down missing money that was raised for him by Chinese Americans. Gores clumsily weaves all of these threads together into a single, hard-to-swallow mystery. - reviewed by BRUCE DESILVA The Associated Press |
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New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade - "In Spade & Archer" - Rich Kid - Thousands In Gold Coins
WTF does this have to do with coins?
"Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in message m... FROM: http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/l...article/595493 New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade Published Saturday March 7th, 2009 By Joe Gores (Alfred A. Knopf) Veteran mystery writer Joe Gores has written Spade & Archer, a "prequel" to Dashiell Hammett's 1930 masterpiece, The Maltese Falcon. Taking on Hammett is a formidable task. The Maltese Falcon was a novel of astounding originality. It virtually invented the noir style. And the novel's protagonist, Sam Spade - disdainful of authority, wisecracking in the face of danger, and impervious to the wiles of conniving women - defined the American private eye for all time. Still, Gores would seem to be a logical candidate for the job. He's something of a Hammett expert. He made Hammett, who worked as a Pinkerton detective before taking up writing, the hero of one of his 16 previous detective novels (Hammett, 1975.) And Hammett's daughter, Jo Marshall, gave Gores her approval. Gores has said that in writing the book, he "set out to find out for myself who Sam Spade was when he started out." By that standard, the book doesn't work, because we still don't know. Gores does invent new details about Spade's past. But from the very first page of Spade & Archer, Sam Spade is the same cool customer we came to know in Hammett's book, and Gores provides no insight into how he got to be that way. In writing Spade & Archer, Gores abandoned his own broad prose style and chose instead to mimic Hammett's staccato dialogue and clipped narrative. In Spade & Archer, Spade is hired to find a rich kid who is trying to run away to the South Sea Islands, investigates the theft of thousands of dollars in gold coins, looks into the apparent suicide of a banker, helps out a young woman who's gotten herself into some kind of trouble, and is hired by the illegitimate daughter of Sun Yat-Sen to track down missing money that was raised for him by Chinese Americans. Gores clumsily weaves all of these threads together into a single, hard-to-swallow mystery. - reviewed by BRUCE DESILVA The Associated Press |
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New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade - "In Spade & Archer" - Rich Kid - Thousands In Gold Coins
"RWF" wrote in message ... WTF does this have to do with coins? ---- snip -------- In Spade & Archer, Spade is hired to find a rich kid who is trying to run away to the South Sea Islands, investigates the theft of thousands of dollars in gold coins, looks into the apparent suicide of a banker, helps out a young woman who's gotten herself into some kind of trouble, and is hired by the illegitimate daughter of Sun Yat-Sen to track down missing money that was raised for him by Chinese Americans. ---- snip ---- |
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New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade - "In Spade & Archer" - Rich Kid - Thousands In Gold Coins
Just because a coin or coins are mentioned doesn't make it germane to
this group. That applies to about 90% of your posts. "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in message m... "RWF" wrote in message ... WTF does this have to do with coins? ---- snip -------- In Spade & Archer, Spade is hired to find a rich kid who is trying to run away to the South Sea Islands, investigates the theft of thousands of dollars in gold coins, looks into the apparent suicide of a banker, helps out a young woman who's gotten herself into some kind of trouble, and is hired by the illegitimate daughter of Sun Yat-Sen to track down missing money that was raised for him by Chinese Americans. ---- snip ---- |
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New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade - "In Spade & Archer" - Rich Kid - Thousands In Gold Coins
"RWF" how forgot to take his meds wrote in message
... Just because a coin or coins are mentioned doesn't make it germane to this group. That applies to about 90% of your posts. Hello RWF Please don't insult my intelligence with the stupid remark you made above. You have made off topic postings postings in this group. Below is one example. It is not my problem, nor it is my concern that you hate everyone in this group. You offer little or nothing positive to anyone in this coin group. The only thing you know what to do is flame others out. THAT IS ABOUT THE ONLY THING YOU DO! Here is and example below: ---------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "RWF" Newsgroups: rec.collecting.coins Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 6:01 AM Subject: OT: Obama lies again... After campaigning on a promise to restructure the failed NAFTA deal, BO went to Canada and stated the agreement would not be changed. How can you tell when BO is lying? His lips are moving! Oh yeah - the "peace" candidate just sent 17,000 more soldiers to die in Afghanistan. Change we can believe in - yeah right! IMPEACH OBAMA! |
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New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade - "In Spade & Archer" - Rich Kid - Thousands In Gold Coins
"Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in message m... "RWF" how forgot to take his meds wrote in message ... Just because a coin or coins are mentioned doesn't make it germane to this group. That applies to about 90% of your posts. Hello RWF Please don't insult my intelligence with the stupid remark you made above. I'm not the only one who has complained about the inanity of many of your posts. |
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New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade - "In Spade & Archer" - Rich Kid - Thousands In Gold Coins
"RWF" wrote in message ... I'm not the only one who has complained about the inanity of many of your posts. Hello The number of people who have complained about me is very small compared to shear high numbers about you RWF, and your constant flaming of others. You may want to clean up your keyboard. The "s" key is not working well. |
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New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade - "In Spade & Archer" - Rich Kid - Thousands In Gold Coins
"Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in message m... You may want to clean up your keyboard. The "s" key is not working well. You inadvertently stepped on a land mine. Inanity is a valid and different word than insanity. I sincerely believe you will do yourself a favor by putting the guy in a killfile. He will not stop harassing you. You probably realize that by now. |
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New novel attempts to resurrect Sam Spade - "In Spade & Archer" - Rich Kid - Thousands In Gold Coins
"Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in message m... "RWF" wrote in message ... I'm not the only one who has complained about the inanity of many of your posts. Hello The number of people who have complained about me is very small compared to shear high numbers about you RWF, and your constant flaming of others. You may want to clean up your keyboard. The "s" key is not working well. Did I use a big word you couldn't understand? |
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