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Famous authors · 20th century

Raymond Chandler

1888 to 1959 · American-British · Detective fiction, Crime fiction

What sets their writing apart: Study Chandler for voice and the hard-boiled sentence: simile, wisecrack and mood that carry a plot as much as the mystery does. A model for style as engine.

Notable works

The Big Sleep (1939)
Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
The Lady in the Lake (1943)
The Long Goodbye (1953)

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