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I grew up in southern California and I love reading Raymond Chandler if for no other reason than he takes me back to the California of my childhood. It is the California with familiar neighborhoods, and street names, a California not yet completely paved over, a California where the air was occasionally clean and clear. It is a California that is no more.
Pronzini and Adrian in their Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories say of The Long Goodbye "arguably the first book since Hammet ...more
Pronzini and Adrian in their Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories say of The Long Goodbye "arguably the first book since Hammet ...more
I think I decided that I don't like noir mysteries. Well, actually I don't mind the mysteries and I have to admit I really do like the mystery in this book and how it was sorted out and all that but...
Something about the way they do things. Not just the drinking or the carrying on (I understand this goes with the time period) but I don't like Philip Marlowe either. What's with this guy? "Oh yeah, I'm tough, I can handle whatever you dish out" attitude - just an absolute rebel (snubbing authoriti ...more
Something about the way they do things. Not just the drinking or the carrying on (I understand this goes with the time period) but I don't like Philip Marlowe either. What's with this guy? "Oh yeah, I'm tough, I can handle whatever you dish out" attitude - just an absolute rebel (snubbing authoriti ...more
Raymond Chandler's mysteries are great. They remind me of old 1940's Hollywood.
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