Philip Marlowe – Michael A. Kahn

Meet Me in St. Louis: Toasted Ravioli, Hoosiers, and High School

Posted on August 15, 2016August 21, 2016 by Michael Kahn

If asked to name the key elements of their favorite novel, most readers would place at the top of their list vivid characters and an engaging plot. But when we think of our favorite novels, another vital element is the strong sense of place. Whether it’s Huck Finn’s Mississippi River in Mark Twain’s masterpiece or…

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Baseball Walk-Up Songs for Mystery Detectives

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Michael Kahn

Time for my annual baseball post. Last year I wrote one on the Top 10 Baseball Walk-Up Songs in Literature. For the uninitiated, a walk-up song is that hard rock, hip hop, or country tune that blares over the speakers throughout the stadium as the ballplayer walks from the on-deck circle to the batter’s box. True…

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My 5 Favorite Narrators (Part 2)

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Michael Kahn

In this series of posts I discuss my five favorite fictional narrators. My first narrator, discussed last time, was Huck Finn. On to number 2: PHILIP MARLOWE If, to paraphrase Ernest Hemingway, the narrators of most modern American literature come from one narrator created by Mark Twain named Huck Finn, it’s fair to say that…

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