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Rural Noir: Bluebird, Bluebird and Pop. 1280
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Not the masterpiece I once believed it to be, but great nonetheless. Chandler's writing style is the star of this book - the best dialogue and narration of any writer I'm familiar with. Filled with plot holes and seemingly a patchwork quilt of unrelated stories, it's not the best story. Still worth rereading.
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With this book, Chandler creates the best of "pulp fiction" and fleshes out what will be the noir genre. He is the best writer of his generation in this detective genre and it shows. I highly recommend starting with this book if you haven't read any Raymond Chandler before. His hero, Philip Marlowe is the essence of a hard-boiled detective. Everyone else is an imposter. And like the best noir films, it's set in L.A.
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