-=>While in the White Hart, Dennis Mccunney explained to Fred Runk that<=-
 FR> remember a radio detective who was called "The Fat Man."  The intro was
 FR> "he tips the scales at 250 lbs, his fortune DANGER!"  or something like
 FR> that anyway--it was awhile ago.
 DM> That might also have been based on Hammett -- specifically the
 DM> "Continental Op" stories.  (The protagonist of that series is never
 DM> named. but he is on the protly side.)
I've read several of the Continental Op series.  If it's an adaptation, then
it was a considerable one--I don't remember the radio show being that
violent, and I could be mistaken about this--decades ago--I think the Fat
Man was an independent PI. The Cont. Op worked for an agency, I vaguely
remember.
FINISHED:  Greg Bear.         HEGIRA
FINISHED:  Matsuo Basho.      THE NARROW ROAD TO THE NORTH
FINISHED:  Anne Perry.        CAIN HIS BROTHER
CR: JG Ballard. HELLO AMERICA, 42/224
CR: Robert Phillips, ed. TRIUMPH OF THE NIGHT, 174/366, ghost story coll.
CR: Jack Finney. TIME AND AGAIN, 115/398
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