tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post845170659181316720..comments2024-03-18T17:34:56.486-04:00Comments on Four-Color Shadows: Hurry Up Harrigan-Al Cammarata-1948Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-79033240034280045612013-05-30T01:32:49.593-04:002013-05-30T01:32:49.593-04:00Mostly a well conceptualized story, but having the...Mostly a well conceptualized story, but having the horse die at the end was far less funny than sad.<br /><br />I might note, <i>en passant</i>, that the idea of disguising blackmail pay-offs as failed gambles was used in Raymond Chandler's most famous novel, <i>The Big Sleep</i> (1939). That twist might have figured in one of the earlier stories by Chandler that were reworked to become the novel; I don't have my copies at-hand, and it has been decades since I read them. But, in any case, I wouldn't bet that Chandler had been the first to use that idea.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com