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Forward Toward posted:Who portrays pi's best? Hammett or chandler A couple pages back, but Hammett was an actual PI for 13 years or so, and not only were his stories influenced by that but many of them were loosely based on actual events, whereas Chandler had no background in the field (as far as I can tell). I've been binging on these two this month and Chandler's work portrays the PI process similarly to Hammett's, but his main character Marlowe is a flawed hero rather than the stolid professionals of the former (Sam Spade is a major exception, although he's really an antihero). The biggest divergence between Marlowe and the various protagonists in Hammett's work is that Marlowe is really emotionally invested in his work, whereas Hammett's guys are usually emotionally uninvolved. Marlowe cares about justice but Hammett's guys only really care about getting the job done (once again, Sam Spade is an exception). I really like both authors' work, but the answer to your question is Hammett. IANAPI
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