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賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳
亘丕 讴賮卮鈥屬囏й� 讴賵趩讴 賵 賵丕讴爻 禺賵乇丿賴 亘丕 馗乇丕賮鬲 丕夭 乇賵蹖 賮乇卮 丌亘蹖 賵 夭蹖乇 鬲丕賯 诏匕卮鬲. 氐丿丕蹖 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖 亘賱賳丿鬲乇 卮丿. 爻乇 賵 氐丿丕蹖 丌夭丕乇賳丿賴 賵 囟乇亘丕賴賳诏 丿蹖賵丕賳賴鈥屬堌ж� 賵 丕毓氐丕亘 禺乇丿讴賳 噩丕夭 亘丿丕賴賴 乇丕 丿丕卮鬲. 氐丿丕 夭蹖丕丿蹖 亘賱賳丿 亘賵丿. 丿禺鬲乇 賲賵 賯乇賲夭 丌賳鈥屫� 賳卮爻鬲賴 亘賵丿 賵 亘蹖鈥屫地� 胤賵乇蹖 禺蹖乇賴 卮丿賴 亘賵丿 亘賴 丨丕卮蹖賴鈥屸€屰� 讴賳丿賴鈥屭┴ж臂� 卮丿賴鈥屸€屰� 乇丕丿蹖賵蹖 亘夭乇诏 讴賴 丕賳诏丕乇 丿丕卮鬲 賳賵丕夭賳丿诏丕賳 乇丕 亘丕 丌賳 賱亘禺賳丿 丨乇賮賴鈥屫й� 孬丕亘鬲 賵 毓乇賯蹖 讴賴 亘乇 鬲蹖乇賴鈥屬� 倬卮鬲鈥屫簇з� 賲蹖鈥屬勜贺槽屫� 賳诏丕賴 賲蹖鈥屭┴必�. 禺賵丿 乇丕 乇賵蹖 讴丕賳丕倬賴 噩賲毓 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屫①呚� 鬲賲丕賲 讴賵爻賳鈥屬囏й� 丕鬲丕賯 乇丕 乇賵蹖 丌賳 乇蹖禺鬲賴鈥屫з嗀�. 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘丕 丿賯鬲 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 讴賵爻賳鈥屬囏� 賲丕賳賳丿 丿爻鬲賴 诏賱蹖 丿乇 夭乇賵乇賯 噩丕 丿丕丿賴 亘賵丿. 賭 丕夭 賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘 賭
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First published January 1, 1964
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Raymond Chandler
385听books5,375听followersRaymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime (an eighth, in progress at the time of his death, was completed by Robert B. Parker). All but Playback have been made into motion pictures, some more than once. In the year before his death, he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America.
Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is a founder of the hardboiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and other Black Mask writers. The protagonist of his novels, Philip Marlowe, like Hammett's Sam Spade, is considered by some to be synonymous with "private detective". Both were played in films by Humphrey Bogart, whom many consider to be the quintessential Marlowe.
The Big Sleep placed second on the Crime Writers Association poll of the 100 best crime novels; Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Lady in the Lake (1943) and The Long Goodbye (1953) also made the list. The latter novel was praised in an anthology of American crime stories as "arguably the first book since Hammett's The Glass Key, published more than twenty years earlier, to qualify as a serious and significant mainstream novel that just happened to possess elements of mystery". Chandler was also a perceptive critic of detective fiction; his "The Simple Art of Murder" is the canonical essay in the field. In it he wrote: "Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor鈥攂y instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it. He must be the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world."
Parker wrote that, with Marlowe, "Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious鈥攁n innocent who knows better, a Romantic who is tough enough to sustain Romanticism in a world that has seen the eternal footman hold its coat and snicker. Living at the end of the Far West, where the American dream ran out of room, no hero has ever been more congruent with his landscape. Chandler had the right hero in the right place, and engaged him in the consideration of good and evil at precisely the time when our central certainty of good no longer held."
Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is a founder of the hardboiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and other Black Mask writers. The protagonist of his novels, Philip Marlowe, like Hammett's Sam Spade, is considered by some to be synonymous with "private detective". Both were played in films by Humphrey Bogart, whom many consider to be the quintessential Marlowe.
The Big Sleep placed second on the Crime Writers Association poll of the 100 best crime novels; Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Lady in the Lake (1943) and The Long Goodbye (1953) also made the list. The latter novel was praised in an anthology of American crime stories as "arguably the first book since Hammett's The Glass Key, published more than twenty years earlier, to qualify as a serious and significant mainstream novel that just happened to possess elements of mystery". Chandler was also a perceptive critic of detective fiction; his "The Simple Art of Murder" is the canonical essay in the field. In it he wrote: "Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor鈥攂y instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it. He must be the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world."
Parker wrote that, with Marlowe, "Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious鈥攁n innocent who knows better, a Romantic who is tough enough to sustain Romanticism in a world that has seen the eternal footman hold its coat and snicker. Living at the end of the Far West, where the American dream ran out of room, no hero has ever been more congruent with his landscape. Chandler had the right hero in the right place, and engaged him in the consideration of good and evil at precisely the time when our central certainty of good no longer held."
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IN UN GIORNO DI PIOGGIA
Il Bradbury Building di L.A. terminato nel 1893. In "Blade Runner" 猫 la casa di J.F.Sebastian, che lavora alla Tyrell Co. E qui si svolge il mitico confronto finale tra Deckard e Roy Batty.
脠 il titolo che questa raccolta di racconti ha preso in italiano trasformando il racconto pi霉 importante e pi霉 lungo da Killer in the Rain al giorno di pioggia.
Scritto quattro anni prima di Il grande sonno, ne contiene l鈥檈ssenza e anche pi霉: in realt脿 si pu貌 dire che il romanzo 猫 un ampliamento del racconto, e il detective privato che qui 猫 senza nome, nella versione lunga diventa Philip Marlowe, e la femme fatale diventa le femme fatale, come il killer si moltiplica in pi霉 killer.
Union Station di Los Angeles aperta nel 1939, altra location prediletta dal cinema.
Difficile aggiungere qualcosa senza ripetersi, sia Chandler che la sua opera, incluso lo sviluppo cinematografico che ha molto spesso avuto, sono stati iper analizzati. E allora io penso a Los Angeles, a questa megalopoli senza un cuore abitata da cuori allo sbando, decaduta e dannata, sotto la pioggia che per貌 non lava via il marcio, non lava via nulla鈥�: e penso alla pioggia del Blade Runner di Ridley Scott鈥�
S矛, certo, 猫 letteratura di genere. Ma del mio genere preferito, il noir, e in quel genere, al vertice.
Un giorno di pioggia a Los Angeles.
Il Bradbury Building di L.A. terminato nel 1893. In "Blade Runner" 猫 la casa di J.F.Sebastian, che lavora alla Tyrell Co. E qui si svolge il mitico confronto finale tra Deckard e Roy Batty.
脠 il titolo che questa raccolta di racconti ha preso in italiano trasformando il racconto pi霉 importante e pi霉 lungo da Killer in the Rain al giorno di pioggia.
Scritto quattro anni prima di Il grande sonno, ne contiene l鈥檈ssenza e anche pi霉: in realt脿 si pu貌 dire che il romanzo 猫 un ampliamento del racconto, e il detective privato che qui 猫 senza nome, nella versione lunga diventa Philip Marlowe, e la femme fatale diventa le femme fatale, come il killer si moltiplica in pi霉 killer.
Union Station di Los Angeles aperta nel 1939, altra location prediletta dal cinema.
Difficile aggiungere qualcosa senza ripetersi, sia Chandler che la sua opera, incluso lo sviluppo cinematografico che ha molto spesso avuto, sono stati iper analizzati. E allora io penso a Los Angeles, a questa megalopoli senza un cuore abitata da cuori allo sbando, decaduta e dannata, sotto la pioggia che per貌 non lava via il marcio, non lava via nulla鈥�: e penso alla pioggia del Blade Runner di Ridley Scott鈥�
S矛, certo, 猫 letteratura di genere. Ma del mio genere preferito, il noir, e in quel genere, al vertice.
Un giorno di pioggia a Los Angeles.
August 3, 2017
Killer in the Rain, Raymond Chandler
Killer in the Rain refers to a collection of short stories, including the eponymous title story, written by hard-boiled detective fiction author Raymond Chandler.
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕: 賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳 賵 丿賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇貨 賯丕鬲賱 夭蹖乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 倬丕賳夭丿賴賲 賳賵丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱 2010 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丕賲蹖丿 賳蹖讴 賮乇噩丕賲貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 趩卮賲賴貙 1388貨 丿乇 115 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789643624033貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 - 賯乇賳 20 賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳 賵 丿賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 讴丕馗賲 丕爻賲丕毓蹖賱蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 禺噩爻鬲賴貙 1387貨 丿乇 227 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789646233874貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 賯丕鬲賱 夭蹖乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲丨賲丿 賯氐丕毓貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賯丿蹖丕賳蹖貙 1393貨 丿乇 112 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9786002516206貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 賯丕鬲賱 夭蹖乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 爻蹖賲丕 夭丕卅乇乇賮蹖毓蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 乇賵夭诏丕乇賳賵貙 1393貨 丿乇 88 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9786006867281貨
丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘毓丿賴丕 夭賲蹖賳賴 丌賮乇蹖賳卮 乇賲丕賳蹖 讴賱丕爻蹖讴 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳: 芦禺賵丕亘 毓賲蹖賯禄 乇丕 倬丿蹖丿 丌賵乇丿. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Killer in the Rain refers to a collection of short stories, including the eponymous title story, written by hard-boiled detective fiction author Raymond Chandler.
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕: 賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳 賵 丿賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇貨 賯丕鬲賱 夭蹖乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 倬丕賳夭丿賴賲 賳賵丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱 2010 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丕賲蹖丿 賳蹖讴 賮乇噩丕賲貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 趩卮賲賴貙 1388貨 丿乇 115 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789643624033貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 - 賯乇賳 20 賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳 賵 丿賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 讴丕馗賲 丕爻賲丕毓蹖賱蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 禺噩爻鬲賴貙 1387貨 丿乇 227 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789646233874貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 賯丕鬲賱 夭蹖乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲丨賲丿 賯氐丕毓貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賯丿蹖丕賳蹖貙 1393貨 丿乇 112 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9786002516206貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 賯丕鬲賱 夭蹖乇 亘丕乇丕賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 爻蹖賲丕 夭丕卅乇乇賮蹖毓蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 乇賵夭诏丕乇賳賵貙 1393貨 丿乇 88 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9786006867281貨
丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘毓丿賴丕 夭賲蹖賳賴 丌賮乇蹖賳卮 乇賲丕賳蹖 讴賱丕爻蹖讴 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳: 芦禺賵丕亘 毓賲蹖賯禄 乇丕 倬丿蹖丿 丌賵乇丿. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
April 18, 2023
丿賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳爻亘鬲丕賸 讴賵鬲丕賴 丕夭 禺丕賱賯 讴丕乇丌诏丕賴 賮蹖賱蹖倬 賲丕乇賱賵 賵 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕 賳賯丿蹖 亘乇 跇丕賳乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴丕乇丌诏丕賴蹖 丿乇 亘丕亘 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 乇蹖賲賵賳丿 趩賳丿賱乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴丕乇丌诏丕賴蹖 趩诏賵賳賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕卮丿.
丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 讴卮卮 丿丕乇賳丿 賵 倬乇賲賱丕鬲 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 賴賲賵賳胤賵乇 讴賴 賲鬲乇噩賲 丕卮丕乇賴 賲蹖讴賳賴 亘毓丿賴丕 丿爻鬲鈥屬呚й屬団€屰� 乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 亘賱賳丿鬲乇 趩賳丿賱乇 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀�.
丿乇 賲賵乇丿 賳賯丿 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖蹖 诏乇趩賴 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 賳讴丕鬲 賯丕亘賱鈥屫堌� 賳蹖爻鬲 丨丿丕賯賱 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲賳 賲噩賲賵毓丕賸 禺賵丿賲丨賯鈥屬举嗀ж必з嗁� 賵 亘蹖鈥屬呝堌必�.
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丿乇 賲賵乇丿 賳賯丿 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖蹖 诏乇趩賴 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 賳讴丕鬲 賯丕亘賱鈥屫堌� 賳蹖爻鬲 丨丿丕賯賱 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲賳 賲噩賲賵毓丕賸 禺賵丿賲丨賯鈥屬举嗀ж必з嗁� 賵 亘蹖鈥屬呝堌必�.
July 3, 2023
Relato corto del maestro Chandler.
Un detective privado sin nombre recibe el encargo de un hombre para que libre a su hija de un tipo bastante desagradable. A partir de aqu铆 se sucede la acci贸n: b煤squeda, disparos, mentiras, muertos. Todo lo que uno espera de este tipo de lecturas.
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Short story by the master Chandler.
An unnamed private detective is commissioned by a man to free his daughter from a rather unpleasant fellow. From here the action unfolds: searching, shooting, lies, death. Everything one expects from this kind of reading.
Un detective privado sin nombre recibe el encargo de un hombre para que libre a su hija de un tipo bastante desagradable. A partir de aqu铆 se sucede la acci贸n: b煤squeda, disparos, mentiras, muertos. Todo lo que uno espera de este tipo de lecturas.
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Short story by the master Chandler.
An unnamed private detective is commissioned by a man to free his daughter from a rather unpleasant fellow. From here the action unfolds: searching, shooting, lies, death. Everything one expects from this kind of reading.
May 27, 2020
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 伪未蠀谓伪蟿蔚委 谓伪 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 畏 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻伪蠁萎 蔚委谓伪喂
蠈蟿喂 慰 巍苇喂渭慰谓蟿 韦蟽维谓蟿位蔚蟻 未蔚谓 蔚蟺苇蟿蟻蔚蠄蔚 蟿畏谓 伪谓伪未畏渭慰蟽委蔚蠀蟽畏 伪蠀蟿萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓畏蟼 慰渭维未伪蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂蠋谓 渭蔚蟿维 蟿喂蟼 伪蟻蠂喂魏苇蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚渭蠁伪谓委蟽蔚喂蟼 蟽蔚 蟺蔚蟻喂慰未喂魏维 渭维味伪蟼 蟿畏蟼 未蔚魏伪蔚蟿委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 '30.
螘蟺慰渭苇谓蠅蟼 蟽蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪蠀蟿蠈
芦螖慰位慰蠁蠈谓慰蟼 蟽蟿畏 尾蟻慰蠂萎禄 尾蟻委蟽魏慰谓蟿伪喂 蟿蟽蠈谓蟿蔚蟼 渭喂魏蟿萎蟼 未喂萎纬畏蟽畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 纬蟻维蠁蟿畏魏蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 Chandler 蟿畏 未蔚魏伪蔚蟿委伪 蟿慰蠀 1930 苇蠅蟼 蟿喂蟼 伪蟻蠂苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 未蔚魏伪蔚蟿委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 1940.
螌位蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 慰喂 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 苇蠂慰蠀谓 苇谓伪谓 喂未喂蠅蟿喂魏蠈 蔚蟻蔚蠀谓畏蟿萎 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟺喂位蠉蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂慰 苇纬魏位畏渭伪, 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼
蟺蔚蟻喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 蠁蠈谓慰.
螒渭蔚蟿维尾位畏蟿伪 慰 蔚蟻蔚蠀谓畏蟿萎蟼 尉蠀位慰魏慰蟺蔚委蟿伪喂,
蟺蠀蟻慰尾慰位蔚委蟿伪喂 萎 魏伪喂 蟿伪 未蠉慰.
危蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻蔚蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼, 畏 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 蟺慰蠀 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委蟿伪喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 魏蠅渭喂魏维 蟺伪蟻蠅蠂畏渭苇谓畏.
螇蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 蠂位喂伪蟻萎 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻喂萎纬畏蟽畏 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蔚 芦渭蟺伪蟽魏委谓蔚蟼禄 苇谓蟿喂渭慰蠀蟼 渭伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 未喂伪蠁胃伪蟻渭苇谓慰蠀蟼, 蟽蠀渭渭慰蟻委蔚蟼, 蠈蟺位伪, 蠂蟻萎渭伪蟿伪, 蟺伪蟻维谓慰渭慰蟼 蟿味蠈纬慰蟼, 伪蟺维蟿蔚蟼 渭慰喂蟻伪委蔚蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻伪魏渭喂伪魏慰委 蟿蠉蟺慰喂 渭蔚 尉蔚蟺蔚蟻伪蟽渭苇谓伪 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蠈蟻喂伪 畏胃喂魏萎蟼 魏伪喂 谓慰畏蟿喂魏萎蟼 未喂伪蟿伪蟻伪蠂萎蟼.
螒蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏苇蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼 未喂伪未蟻伪渭伪蟿委味慰谓蟿伪喂 纬位伪蠁蠀蟻维
渭蔚 位蠀蟻喂魏苇蟼 魏伪蟿伪喂纬喂蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟺伪蟻伪未慰尉蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼
渭蔚 苇谓蟿慰谓蔚蟼 伪蟺慰蠂蟻蠋蟽蔚蟼 蔚谓未蔚委尉蔚喂蟼 慰蟺慰蠉 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 蟺维谓蟿伪
慰 蟽魏位畏蟻慰蟿蟻维蠂畏位慰蟼, 伪魏伪蟿伪蟺蠈谓畏蟿慰蟼 喂未喂蠅蟿喂魏蠈蟼 谓蟿蔚蟿苇魏蟿喂尾 蟿喂蟼 蟿蔚魏渭畏蟻喂蠋谓蔚喂 渭蔚 伪魏蟻维未伪谓蟿蔚蟼 伪蟺慰未蔚委尉蔚喂蟼.
螤蟻蠈尾位畏渭伪, 蟺蟻蠈尾位畏渭伪 魏伪喂 伪委蟽胃畏渭伪 蔚蠀胃蠉谓畏蟼.
危伪谓 蟽蔚 蟺伪位伪喂蠆魏苇蟼 - 伪尉喂慰位维蟿蟻蔚蠀蟿蔚蟼 魏伪蟿维 蟿伪 维位位伪- 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏苇蟼 伪蟽蟺蟻蠈渭伪蠀蟻蔚蟼 蟿伪喂谓委蔚蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺慰位位伪蟺位蠋谓 蟺蠀蟻慰尾慰位喂蟽渭蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 蟿蟻维谓蟿伪味伪谓 蟿伪 魏伪胃委蟽渭伪蟿伪 蟿蠅谓 魏位伪蟽喂魏蠋谓 蟺伪蟻伪未慰蟽喂伪魏蠋谓 魏喂谓畏渭伪蟿慰纬蟻维蠁蠅谓.
螘谓蟿维尉蔚喂, 慰 Raymond Chandler 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 胃蟻蠉位慰蟼. 韦慰 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉蠅.
螠伪 委蟽蠅蟼 苇蟺蟻蔚蟺蔚 谓伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 伪蟻蠂喂魏维 蠈位伪 蟿伪 维位位伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻畏谓伪蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻喂谓 纬谓蠅蟻委蟽蠅 蟿慰谓 未慰位慰蠁蠈谓慰 蟽蟿畏 尾蟻慰蠂萎.
螒谓蟿委慰 纬位蠀魏苇 渭慰蠀.!....
螛伪 蟿伪 尉伪谓伪蟺慰蠉渭蔚.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
蠈蟿喂 慰 巍苇喂渭慰谓蟿 韦蟽维谓蟿位蔚蟻 未蔚谓 蔚蟺苇蟿蟻蔚蠄蔚 蟿畏谓 伪谓伪未畏渭慰蟽委蔚蠀蟽畏 伪蠀蟿萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓畏蟼 慰渭维未伪蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂蠋谓 渭蔚蟿维 蟿喂蟼 伪蟻蠂喂魏苇蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚渭蠁伪谓委蟽蔚喂蟼 蟽蔚 蟺蔚蟻喂慰未喂魏维 渭维味伪蟼 蟿畏蟼 未蔚魏伪蔚蟿委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 '30.
螘蟺慰渭苇谓蠅蟼 蟽蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪蠀蟿蠈
芦螖慰位慰蠁蠈谓慰蟼 蟽蟿畏 尾蟻慰蠂萎禄 尾蟻委蟽魏慰谓蟿伪喂 蟿蟽蠈谓蟿蔚蟼 渭喂魏蟿萎蟼 未喂萎纬畏蟽畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 纬蟻维蠁蟿畏魏蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 Chandler 蟿畏 未蔚魏伪蔚蟿委伪 蟿慰蠀 1930 苇蠅蟼 蟿喂蟼 伪蟻蠂苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 未蔚魏伪蔚蟿委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 1940.
螌位蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 慰喂 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 苇蠂慰蠀谓 苇谓伪谓 喂未喂蠅蟿喂魏蠈 蔚蟻蔚蠀谓畏蟿萎 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟺喂位蠉蔚喂 魏维蟺慰喂慰 苇纬魏位畏渭伪, 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼
蟺蔚蟻喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 蠁蠈谓慰.
螒渭蔚蟿维尾位畏蟿伪 慰 蔚蟻蔚蠀谓畏蟿萎蟼 尉蠀位慰魏慰蟺蔚委蟿伪喂,
蟺蠀蟻慰尾慰位蔚委蟿伪喂 萎 魏伪喂 蟿伪 未蠉慰.
危蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻蔚蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼, 畏 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 蟺慰蠀 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委蟿伪喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 魏蠅渭喂魏维 蟺伪蟻蠅蠂畏渭苇谓畏.
螇蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 蠂位喂伪蟻萎 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻喂萎纬畏蟽畏 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蔚 芦渭蟺伪蟽魏委谓蔚蟼禄 苇谓蟿喂渭慰蠀蟼 渭伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 未喂伪蠁胃伪蟻渭苇谓慰蠀蟼, 蟽蠀渭渭慰蟻委蔚蟼, 蠈蟺位伪, 蠂蟻萎渭伪蟿伪, 蟺伪蟻维谓慰渭慰蟼 蟿味蠈纬慰蟼, 伪蟺维蟿蔚蟼 渭慰喂蟻伪委蔚蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻伪魏渭喂伪魏慰委 蟿蠉蟺慰喂 渭蔚 尉蔚蟺蔚蟻伪蟽渭苇谓伪 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蠈蟻喂伪 畏胃喂魏萎蟼 魏伪喂 谓慰畏蟿喂魏萎蟼 未喂伪蟿伪蟻伪蠂萎蟼.
螒蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏苇蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼 未喂伪未蟻伪渭伪蟿委味慰谓蟿伪喂 纬位伪蠁蠀蟻维
渭蔚 位蠀蟻喂魏苇蟼 魏伪蟿伪喂纬喂蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟺伪蟻伪未慰尉蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼
渭蔚 苇谓蟿慰谓蔚蟼 伪蟺慰蠂蟻蠋蟽蔚蟼 蔚谓未蔚委尉蔚喂蟼 慰蟺慰蠉 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 蟺维谓蟿伪
慰 蟽魏位畏蟻慰蟿蟻维蠂畏位慰蟼, 伪魏伪蟿伪蟺蠈谓畏蟿慰蟼 喂未喂蠅蟿喂魏蠈蟼 谓蟿蔚蟿苇魏蟿喂尾 蟿喂蟼 蟿蔚魏渭畏蟻喂蠋谓蔚喂 渭蔚 伪魏蟻维未伪谓蟿蔚蟼 伪蟺慰未蔚委尉蔚喂蟼.
螤蟻蠈尾位畏渭伪, 蟺蟻蠈尾位畏渭伪 魏伪喂 伪委蟽胃畏渭伪 蔚蠀胃蠉谓畏蟼.
危伪谓 蟽蔚 蟺伪位伪喂蠆魏苇蟼 - 伪尉喂慰位维蟿蟻蔚蠀蟿蔚蟼 魏伪蟿维 蟿伪 维位位伪- 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏苇蟼 伪蟽蟺蟻蠈渭伪蠀蟻蔚蟼 蟿伪喂谓委蔚蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺慰位位伪蟺位蠋谓 蟺蠀蟻慰尾慰位喂蟽渭蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 蟿蟻维谓蟿伪味伪谓 蟿伪 魏伪胃委蟽渭伪蟿伪 蟿蠅谓 魏位伪蟽喂魏蠋谓 蟺伪蟻伪未慰蟽喂伪魏蠋谓 魏喂谓畏渭伪蟿慰纬蟻维蠁蠅谓.
螘谓蟿维尉蔚喂, 慰 Raymond Chandler 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 胃蟻蠉位慰蟼. 韦慰 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉蠅.
螠伪 委蟽蠅蟼 苇蟺蟻蔚蟺蔚 谓伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 伪蟻蠂喂魏维 蠈位伪 蟿伪 维位位伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻畏谓伪蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻喂谓 纬谓蠅蟻委蟽蠅 蟿慰谓 未慰位慰蠁蠈谓慰 蟽蟿畏 尾蟻慰蠂萎.
螒谓蟿委慰 纬位蠀魏苇 渭慰蠀.!....
螛伪 蟿伪 尉伪谓伪蟺慰蠉渭蔚.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
September 26, 2022
Refined Young Cannibal
I decided to read a couple of the stories in this collection, when I learned that Raymond Chandler used 鈥淜iller in the Rain" and 鈥淭he Curtain" as the basis of "The Big Sleep".
The two short stories were published in 鈥淏lack Mask" in 1935 and 1936. In 1939, Chandler cannibalized the stories in order to write 鈥淭he Big Sleep".
The novel consists of 32 chapters. The stories consist of 12 and 11 chapters respectively. The novel owes the greatest debt to "Killer in the Rain". Whole chapters appear almost intact. The main difference is the names of the characters, all of which have been changed. The Sternwood character is more able and active in the story. Philip Marlowe isn't even named in the story. He's just the first person narrator.
Chandler gives his earlier work a light edit, sometimes to improve the conversation or description, and other times to disguise the sections where two diverse passages were jammed together.
"A Very Handsome Boy"
Perhaps the biggest difference is the introduction of the character, Carol Lundgren, who Marlowe describes as 鈥渁 very handsome boy". His lover is 鈥渢he fag" or 鈥渢hat queen", the dirty book seller, Geiger (Steiner, in the short story)(both possibly German Jews).
Chandler/Marlowe is often just as flattering in his description of the young male characters as he is of the females. At times, it's hard to tell whether the effect is homoerotic or homophobic. Chandler maintained this ambivalence until, at least, his last two novels, 鈥淭he Long Goodbye" and 鈥淧濒补测产补肠办".
As hardboiled as Chandler's fictions are, you have to wonder why Marlowe never seems to consummate a relationship with a woman. Are we supposed to conclude that the private eye is condemned by his profession, his sexuality or his temperament to be just a good kisser?
SOUNDTRACK:
I decided to read a couple of the stories in this collection, when I learned that Raymond Chandler used 鈥淜iller in the Rain" and 鈥淭he Curtain" as the basis of "The Big Sleep".
The two short stories were published in 鈥淏lack Mask" in 1935 and 1936. In 1939, Chandler cannibalized the stories in order to write 鈥淭he Big Sleep".
The novel consists of 32 chapters. The stories consist of 12 and 11 chapters respectively. The novel owes the greatest debt to "Killer in the Rain". Whole chapters appear almost intact. The main difference is the names of the characters, all of which have been changed. The Sternwood character is more able and active in the story. Philip Marlowe isn't even named in the story. He's just the first person narrator.
Chandler gives his earlier work a light edit, sometimes to improve the conversation or description, and other times to disguise the sections where two diverse passages were jammed together.
"A Very Handsome Boy"
Perhaps the biggest difference is the introduction of the character, Carol Lundgren, who Marlowe describes as 鈥渁 very handsome boy". His lover is 鈥渢he fag" or 鈥渢hat queen", the dirty book seller, Geiger (Steiner, in the short story)(both possibly German Jews).
Chandler/Marlowe is often just as flattering in his description of the young male characters as he is of the females. At times, it's hard to tell whether the effect is homoerotic or homophobic. Chandler maintained this ambivalence until, at least, his last two novels, 鈥淭he Long Goodbye" and 鈥淧濒补测产补肠办".
As hardboiled as Chandler's fictions are, you have to wonder why Marlowe never seems to consummate a relationship with a woman. Are we supposed to conclude that the private eye is condemned by his profession, his sexuality or his temperament to be just a good kisser?
SOUNDTRACK:
June 27, 2021
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September 17, 2021
Eight short stories in this book, written before Chandler wrote his novels. They are all reused and amended in his more popular novels - and developed into his Philip Marlowe series.
The main characters in these are all the basis of Philip Marlowe, but go by the names Carmady, Dalmas and Evans.
The introduction does some analysis - which was cleverer than my own which consists of "... this storyline is familiar, but I have no idea which of Chandlers novels it is from...", except where the titles are the same in the short story as the novel...
It is a bit more complicated than that, as he took storylines and wove them together, he took characters and re-used their descriptions, and he played with different outcomes.
Here is the brief description, with some date information: (novel title in bold, short story titles in quotes!)
A substantial part of Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep (1939) was made from 'Killer in the Rain' (Jan 1935) and 'The Curtain' (Sept 1936); the second novel Farewell, My Lovely (1940) made extensive use of 'The Man Who Liked Dogs' (March 1936), 'Try the Girl' (Jan 1937), and 'Mandarin's Jade' (Nov 1937); and the fourth novel, The Lady in the Lake (1943) relied on 'Bay City Blues' (June 1938), 'The Lady in the Lake' (Jan 1939) and 'No Crime in the Mountains' (Sept 1941).
The introduction then goes on to explain a few of the more minor parts which are used - even within the short stories - an example of which - In 'No Crime in the Mountains' the description of Constable Barron is essentially the same as the description of Constable Tinchfield in 'The Lady in the Lake'.
Anyways, this was an enjoyable read - mainly just because it was Raymond Chandler, but it was obvious that this was pre-cursory work before he really had the polish onto his stories, and as such they probably lack some of the wordsmithing that makes his novels so excellent.
3.5 stars - bumped up because I enjoyed the short story format.
The main characters in these are all the basis of Philip Marlowe, but go by the names Carmady, Dalmas and Evans.
The introduction does some analysis - which was cleverer than my own which consists of "... this storyline is familiar, but I have no idea which of Chandlers novels it is from...", except where the titles are the same in the short story as the novel...
It is a bit more complicated than that, as he took storylines and wove them together, he took characters and re-used their descriptions, and he played with different outcomes.
Here is the brief description, with some date information: (novel title in bold, short story titles in quotes!)
A substantial part of Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep (1939) was made from 'Killer in the Rain' (Jan 1935) and 'The Curtain' (Sept 1936); the second novel Farewell, My Lovely (1940) made extensive use of 'The Man Who Liked Dogs' (March 1936), 'Try the Girl' (Jan 1937), and 'Mandarin's Jade' (Nov 1937); and the fourth novel, The Lady in the Lake (1943) relied on 'Bay City Blues' (June 1938), 'The Lady in the Lake' (Jan 1939) and 'No Crime in the Mountains' (Sept 1941).
The introduction then goes on to explain a few of the more minor parts which are used - even within the short stories - an example of which - In 'No Crime in the Mountains' the description of Constable Barron is essentially the same as the description of Constable Tinchfield in 'The Lady in the Lake'.
Anyways, this was an enjoyable read - mainly just because it was Raymond Chandler, but it was obvious that this was pre-cursory work before he really had the polish onto his stories, and as such they probably lack some of the wordsmithing that makes his novels so excellent.
3.5 stars - bumped up because I enjoyed the short story format.
July 9, 2020
4 Stars
A nice tale of Marlowe helping a friend unwind his daughter from a mess, which gets ever messier as the plot proceeds.
Both big fists came up. He held them shoulderhigh and shook them, great knots of bone and muscle. He lowered them slowly, heaved a deep honest sigh, and said: 鈥榊eah. I鈥檓 scared to. I dunno how to handle her. All the time some new guy and all the time a punk. A while back I gave a guy called Joe Marty five grand to lay off her. She鈥檚 still mad at me.鈥�
Interestingly, several of the scenes and events in the story have been lifted directly into the superb The Big Sleep film version of 1946, screenplay by William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett.
The book store scenes and the cottage shootout have also been lifted into the movie.
ALSO - Chandler's short story Finger Man has a scene in the casino and some of the parking lot and reminds me almost exactly of the film version of The Big Sleep with John Ridley (Eddie Mars) and Lauren Bacall.
Looks like Faulkner and a Brackett cobbled The Big Sleep screenplay from many bits of Chandler's other stories!
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A nice tale of Marlowe helping a friend unwind his daughter from a mess, which gets ever messier as the plot proceeds.
Both big fists came up. He held them shoulderhigh and shook them, great knots of bone and muscle. He lowered them slowly, heaved a deep honest sigh, and said: 鈥榊eah. I鈥檓 scared to. I dunno how to handle her. All the time some new guy and all the time a punk. A while back I gave a guy called Joe Marty five grand to lay off her. She鈥檚 still mad at me.鈥�
Interestingly, several of the scenes and events in the story have been lifted directly into the superb The Big Sleep film version of 1946, screenplay by William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett.
The book store scenes and the cottage shootout have also been lifted into the movie.
ALSO - Chandler's short story Finger Man has a scene in the casino and some of the parking lot and reminds me almost exactly of the film version of The Big Sleep with John Ridley (Eddie Mars) and Lauren Bacall.
Looks like Faulkner and a Brackett cobbled The Big Sleep screenplay from many bits of Chandler's other stories!
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July 29, 2022
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January 2, 2017
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讴鬲丕亘 丕氐賱蹖 "賯丕鬲賱蹖 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳" 讴賴 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 趩賳丿賱乇 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲賮氐賱 鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕爻鬲. 丿乇賵丕賯毓 賲鬲乇噩賲 丕夭 丌賳 賲噩賲賵毓賴 爻賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 鬲乇噩賲赖 讴乇丿賴 . 禺賱丕氐賴 丕蹖賳讴賴 賳亘丕蹖丿 鬲氐賵乇 讴乇丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 讴丕賲賱 丌賳 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 趩賴丕乇氐丿 倬丕賳氐丿 氐賮丨賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲. 馗丕賴乇丕 賳卮乇 趩卮賲賴 賴賲 讴鬲丕亘蹖 乇丕 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳 "賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳" 丕夭 趩賳丿賱乇 賲賳鬲卮乇 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 丌賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 賲禺鬲氐乇鬲乇 丕爻鬲 賵 馗丕賴乇丕 賮賯胤 禺賵丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 "賯丕鬲賱蹖 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳" 乇丕 丿乇亘乇丿丕乇丿 賵 賳賴 亘丕賯蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賲噩賲賵毓賴 乇丕
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賲賳 賯亘賱 鬲乇 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇 趩賳丿賱乇 亘丕 賳丕賲 乇丕 亘丕 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 讴丕馗賲 丕爻賲丕毓蹖賱蹖 禺賵丕賳丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 匕蹖賱 賴賲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賲賳丕爻亘 亘賵丿賳 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 丕賵 丕卮丕乇賴 讴乇丿賴 丕賲. 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 賲丕賳賳丿 丌賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵亘 賵 賲賳丕爻亘 丕爻鬲 - 丕賱亘鬲賴 賳賴 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲胤賱賯丕 丕卮鬲亘丕賴貙 丕賮鬲丕丿诏蹖 蹖丕 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賱倬蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿 丕賲丕 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲賳 丿蹖丿賲 丕夭 鬲毓丿丕丿 丕賳诏卮鬲丕賳 蹖讴 丿爻鬲 賴賲 讴賲鬲乇 亘賵丿賳丿. 賲鬲乇噩賲 賲賯丿賲賴 丕蹖 賴賲 丿乇 鬲賵囟蹖丨 跇丕賳乇 讴丕乇丌诏丕賴蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 丌賵乇丿賴 讴賴 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 禺賱丕氐賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲 丕夭 賲賯丿賲賴 蹖 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇丿爻乇 丨乇賮賴 蹖 賲賳 丕爻鬲
讴鬲丕亘 丕氐賱蹖 "賯丕鬲賱蹖 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳" 讴賴 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 趩賳丿賱乇 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲賮氐賱 鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕爻鬲. 丿乇賵丕賯毓 賲鬲乇噩賲 丕夭 丌賳 賲噩賲賵毓賴 爻賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 鬲乇噩賲赖 讴乇丿賴 . 禺賱丕氐賴 丕蹖賳讴賴 賳亘丕蹖丿 鬲氐賵乇 讴乇丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 讴丕賲賱 丌賳 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 趩賴丕乇氐丿 倬丕賳氐丿 氐賮丨賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲. 馗丕賴乇丕 賳卮乇 趩卮賲賴 賴賲 讴鬲丕亘蹖 乇丕 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳 "賯丕鬲賱 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳" 丕夭 趩賳丿賱乇 賲賳鬲卮乇 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 丌賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 賲禺鬲氐乇鬲乇 丕爻鬲 賵 馗丕賴乇丕 賮賯胤 禺賵丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 "賯丕鬲賱蹖 丿乇 亘丕乇丕賳" 乇丕 丿乇亘乇丿丕乇丿 賵 賳賴 亘丕賯蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賲噩賲賵毓賴 乇丕
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賲賳 賯亘賱 鬲乇 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇 趩賳丿賱乇 亘丕 賳丕賲 乇丕 亘丕 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 讴丕馗賲 丕爻賲丕毓蹖賱蹖 禺賵丕賳丿賴 亘賵丿 賵 匕蹖賱 賴賲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賲賳丕爻亘 亘賵丿賳 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 丕賵 丕卮丕乇賴 讴乇丿賴 丕賲. 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 賲丕賳賳丿 丌賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵亘 賵 賲賳丕爻亘 丕爻鬲 - 丕賱亘鬲賴 賳賴 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲胤賱賯丕 丕卮鬲亘丕賴貙 丕賮鬲丕丿诏蹖 蹖丕 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賱倬蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿 丕賲丕 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲賳 丿蹖丿賲 丕夭 鬲毓丿丕丿 丕賳诏卮鬲丕賳 蹖讴 丿爻鬲 賴賲 讴賲鬲乇 亘賵丿賳丿. 賲鬲乇噩賲 賲賯丿賲賴 丕蹖 賴賲 丿乇 鬲賵囟蹖丨 跇丕賳乇 讴丕乇丌诏丕賴蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 丌賵乇丿賴 讴賴 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 禺賱丕氐賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲 丕夭 賲賯丿賲賴 蹖 鬲乇噩賲赖 蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇丿爻乇 丨乇賮賴 蹖 賲賳 丕爻鬲
February 23, 2011
Raymond Chandler's work is always worth reading, so I picked this up in my local indie bookshop when I was somewhat at a loss. The story from Killer in the Rain is essentially the one he uses in The Big Sleep, but here you can read it without all the elaborations, which makes it a bit more focused and easy to understand.
Mostly, though, I read Chandler for his use of language, and he does not disappoint in this short story.
Mostly, though, I read Chandler for his use of language, and he does not disappoint in this short story.
April 24, 2023
Once you've read more of Mr. Chandler's books, a pattern becomes more than obvious: there is a girl, usually quite pretty , smart or rather poor-minded, who is in some trouble. Someone is blackmailing her and the detective's (by the way, in this story he even has not a name!?!) mission is to stop it. Much drinking, a lot of smoking (we are in the thirties...) even more shooting, many casualities, the hero remains alive and the girl too...
October 27, 2024
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丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿賵賲 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 倬爻賳丿蹖丿賲 丕賳诏丕乇 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴卮 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 蹖丕 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屫� 賮讴乇 卮丿賴 亘賵丿. 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 毓噩蹖亘鈥屫� 亘賵丿賳丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺蹖賱蹖 诏賳诏 亘賵丿 鬲丕 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿賲 亘賮賴賲賲 趩禺亘乇賴 倬丕乇丕诏乇丕賮 亘毓丿卮 鬲毓噩亘賲 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賲蹖讴乇丿 賵 倬丕蹖丕賳 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 毓噩蹖亘 賵 睾乇蹖亘 亘賵丿.
賵 丿乇 讴賱 丕诏賴 胤乇賮丿丕乇 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 噩賳丕蹖蹖 賴爻鬲蹖丿 賲蹖鬲賵賳蹖丿 亘賴卮 賮乇氐鬲 亘丿蹖丿.
丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 噩夭賵 丕賵賱蹖賳 讴丕乇鈥屬囏й� 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴爻鬲貙 賴賳诏丕賲 禺賵丕賳卮 讴丕賲賱丕 賲卮禺氐 賴爻鬲 讴賴 丕賳诏丕乇 丿乇爻鬲 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 倬乇丿丕夭卮 賳卮丿賳丿 賵 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿賱卮 賲蹖禺賵丕丿 夭賵丿鬲乇 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘乇爻賴 賵賱蹖 丿乇 賴賲爻賳 丨蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴鈥屬囏й� 乇蹖夭蹖 賴爻鬲 讴賴 丕夭 趩卮賲卮 亘丕賯蹖 賳賲賵賳丿賴貙 賲孬賱 丕蹖賳讴賴 賯丕鬲賱蹖賳 趩噩賵乇蹖 丨賵丕爻卮賵賳 亘賴 丕爻賱丨賴鈥屬囏� 賴爻鬲 賵 丨鬲蹖 丕爻賲 丕賳賵丕毓 丕爻賱丨賴鈥屬囏� 乇賵 鬲賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃屬�.
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿賵賲 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 倬爻賳丿蹖丿賲 丕賳诏丕乇 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴卮 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 蹖丕 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屫� 賮讴乇 卮丿賴 亘賵丿. 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 毓噩蹖亘鈥屫� 亘賵丿賳丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺蹖賱蹖 诏賳诏 亘賵丿 鬲丕 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿賲 亘賮賴賲賲 趩禺亘乇賴 倬丕乇丕诏乇丕賮 亘毓丿卮 鬲毓噩亘賲 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賲蹖讴乇丿 賵 倬丕蹖丕賳 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 毓噩蹖亘 賵 睾乇蹖亘 亘賵丿.
賵 丿乇 讴賱 丕诏賴 胤乇賮丿丕乇 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 噩賳丕蹖蹖 賴爻鬲蹖丿 賲蹖鬲賵賳蹖丿 亘賴卮 賮乇氐鬲 亘丿蹖丿.
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May 25, 2017This book was published by Hamish Hamilton London 1964 and has the dust jacket shown in the picture.
Contents:
vii - Introduction by Philip Durham
001 - Killer in the Rain
039 - The Man Who Liked Dogs
073 - The Curtain
107 - Try the Girl
143 - Mandarin's Gold
187 - Bay City Rules
241 - The Lady In The Lake
283 - No Crime in the Mountains
The copyright states: First Published in Great Britain 1964
Contents:
vii - Introduction by Philip Durham
001 - Killer in the Rain
039 - The Man Who Liked Dogs
073 - The Curtain
107 - Try the Girl
143 - Mandarin's Gold
187 - Bay City Rules
241 - The Lady In The Lake
283 - No Crime in the Mountains
The copyright states: First Published in Great Britain 1964
August 13, 2015
Muy buena recopilaci贸n de relatos (dos de ellos del gran Marlowe) que vuelven a demostrar que el maestro lo era por algo, hasta en las distancias cortas: un orfebre capaz de hacer verdadera poes铆a del relato polic铆aco.
January 13, 2021
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 丿爻鬲賴 蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 氐賵鬲蹖 亘賴 丕爻賲 禺賵丕亘 亘夭乇诏 胤亘賯賴 亘賳丿蹖 卮丿賴 !
(賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 趩乇丕 ! )
賵 毓賱鬲 丕賳鬲禺丕亘卮 鬲賵爻胤 賲賳 賴賲 氐乇賮丕 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿賴 讴賴 賴賵蹖丿丕 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 丌禺乇 丿丕禺賱 夭賳丿丕賳 貙 賲丿丕賲 趩賳丿賱乇 賲蹖禺賵賳丿賴 !
賵賱蹖 禺賵亘 丕蹖賳 讴噩丕 賵 丌诏丕鬲丕 讴乇蹖爻鬲蹖 讴噩丕!
丕賱亘鬲賴 丿丕禺賱 讴鬲丕亘 丕卮丕乇賴 卮丿賴 亘賴 乇丕夭 "red hous"
讴賴 亘賳馗乇賲 亘賴 丕賲鬲丨丕賳卮 賲蹖 丕乇夭賴 !
(賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 趩乇丕 ! )
賵 毓賱鬲 丕賳鬲禺丕亘卮 鬲賵爻胤 賲賳 賴賲 氐乇賮丕 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿賴 讴賴 賴賵蹖丿丕 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 丌禺乇 丿丕禺賱 夭賳丿丕賳 貙 賲丿丕賲 趩賳丿賱乇 賲蹖禺賵賳丿賴 !
賵賱蹖 禺賵亘 丕蹖賳 讴噩丕 賵 丌诏丕鬲丕 讴乇蹖爻鬲蹖 讴噩丕!
丕賱亘鬲賴 丿丕禺賱 讴鬲丕亘 丕卮丕乇賴 卮丿賴 亘賴 乇丕夭 "red hous"
讴賴 亘賳馗乇賲 亘賴 丕賲鬲丨丕賳卮 賲蹖 丕乇夭賴 !
January 18, 2009
A collection of eight stories not previously reprinted, because Chandler had re-used much of the material in later novels (for some reason, he felt compelled to abandon material that had been thus "cannibalized") (according to the Introduction). So readers of his novels will notice extremely familiar elements in many of these stories. Now, Chandler is one of those amazing writers who lies in the background of a lot of later fiction - especially detective fiction - in part because of his material and in part because of his style. Very slowly, he writes of one character, his face drained of all expression and became a dead gray mask. Then the man shot himself - rather than kill the two representatives of law and order he'd cornered, when his mission had already gone completely wrong. The Intro notes that Chandler's heroes, flawed though they were, came equipped with a sense of justice that compelled them to help people. That shows strongly in these stories.
And then there are the amazing descriptions, and the way he rarely bothered to directly describe how his characters felt. A desperate criminal points a gun at you - what's the point of describing the protagonist's reaction? But also the lyrical and unexpected descriptions of things and people. Robert B. Parker probably dreamed of writing like this guy, until he found his own similar but less high-flown voice. Garrison Keillor's Guy Noir is not, I think, a mockery of this style but a way of reveling in it. It's a joy to read Chandler's work and encounter these clever, sparkling little jewels. Maybe it's not quite the thing, in these postmodern, even more cynical than back then days, but I say: tough. A little poetry won't kill you.
And then there are the amazing descriptions, and the way he rarely bothered to directly describe how his characters felt. A desperate criminal points a gun at you - what's the point of describing the protagonist's reaction? But also the lyrical and unexpected descriptions of things and people. Robert B. Parker probably dreamed of writing like this guy, until he found his own similar but less high-flown voice. Garrison Keillor's Guy Noir is not, I think, a mockery of this style but a way of reveling in it. It's a joy to read Chandler's work and encounter these clever, sparkling little jewels. Maybe it's not quite the thing, in these postmodern, even more cynical than back then days, but I say: tough. A little poetry won't kill you.
June 24, 2017
Basically a short story published in novella form. A quick, fun read. I tried to study Chandler's style as I went through it. Very simple, not poetic really. Quite a lot of description of physical locations, but mostly focused on the man-made things in them rather than on the natural world. Interesting characters, though.
February 11, 2021
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩賳丕蹖蹖 讴丕乇丌诏丕賴蹖 噩匕丕亘 賵 睾蹖乇 讴賱蹖卮賴 丕蹖 讴賴 賴丿賮卮 爻丕禺鬲賳 蹖賴 賳丕亘睾賴 賵 賯賴乇賲丕賳 亘蹖 賳賯氐 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 氐乇賮丕 亘丕 丿丕丿賳 爻乇 賳禺 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 噩賱賵 賳賲蹖亘乇賴. 丿乇 賳賯丿 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳 賲賵禺乇賴 賴賲 趩賳丿賱乇 亘毓囟蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴丕乇丕诏丕賴蹖 乇賵 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 賳賯丿 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 丕夭 丕卮讴丕賱丕鬲 賵 鬲氐賳毓蹖 亘賵丿賳卮賵賳 賲蹖诏賴 讴賴 賳讴丕鬲 噩丕賱亘蹖 丿丕乇賴
November 30, 2015
Maybe not fair to the book since I picked this up during a reading slump when nothing was really working for me. One of those books that I thought I liked more than I did. Which is to say, I would read a story, think, "that was pretty good," and then put the book down for four days without ever thinking of picking it up again. It's fine, I guess, just not compelling. I do have to say for as much as people praise Chandler's prose style, I found it a bit tough to get through. So heavy on the 30's slang that I kept being pulled out of the story, and sometimes thrown into confusion, because I had no idea what somebody was talking about. Only read 4 of the 8 stories, which was enough for me to conclude that they're pretty much all the same. Contains the expected historically-accurate misogyny and racism.
November 13, 2020
螚 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓畏 苇魏未慰蟽畏 蟺蔚蟻喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 3 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 蟺喂慰 纬谓蠅蟽蟿苇蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 韦蟽维谓蟿位蔚蟻 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 '螒蠀位伪委伪' 谓伪 尉蔚蠂蠅蟻委味蔚喂 位蠈纬蠅 蟿畏蟼 蟺位慰魏萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻慰蠆未蔚维味蔚喂 蟿慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠅蟽蟿喂魏蠈 魏慰喂谓蠈 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 '螠蔚纬维锟斤拷慰蠀 蠉蟺谓慰蠀', 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 伪蟻纬蠈蟿蔚蟻伪. 螚 苇魏未慰蟽畏 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺位苇慰谓 蟽蟺维谓喂伪, 蔚谓蠋 畏 渭蔚蟿维蠁蟻伪蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟻魏蔚蟿维 '蟽蟿蟻蠅蟿萎'.
螔伪胃渭慰位慰纬委伪: 4/5 萎 8/10.
螔伪胃渭慰位慰纬委伪: 4/5 萎 8/10.
May 7, 2017
The danger of experiencing any earlier version of an artist鈥檚 work is that it provides us with a glimpse of the painstaking effort that went into the final version that we love, and we get to see the underlying skeleton of craftwork that lay beneath the finished work of art.
We often see this on the bonus tracks of music CDs where original drafts of songs have weaker musical riffs and clumsier lyrics than the released track, and we see it in writers who publish first versions of more famous stories that are less polished than the one we have grown to love.
In both cases it is possible that viewing a disappointing work-in-progress will spoil our enjoyment of the final completed version by showing us the haphazard nature of its development. Perhaps that is why Raymond Chandler chose to keep the eight stories in Killer in the Rain under wraps during his lifetime.
Nonetheless the stories could not be suppressed indefinitely, and we can now finally read the short stories which Chandler cannibalised so effectively to produce The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, and The Lady in the Lake. I will not describe this process in detail, as the Penguin edition provides a helpful introduction which does this.
Let us just say that elements of 鈥楰iller in the Rain鈥� and 鈥楾he Curtain found their way into The Big Sleep; for Farewell My Lovely, Chandler made extensive use of sections of 鈥楾he Man Who Liked Dogs鈥�, 鈥楾ry the Girl鈥�, and 鈥楳andarin鈥檚 Jade鈥�; whilst The Lady in the Lake was made from components of 鈥楤ay City Blues鈥� and of course the story of the same name.
鈥楴o Crime in the Mountains鈥� is the story least familiar to readers of those three novels, since Chandler uses very little of this in The Lady in the Lake. It has a lake, a similar setting and a simple folksy deputy sheriff who is more acute than he looks, but that is all. Curiously the story is perhaps the weakest in this set. It is of interest in that it acknowledges the Second World War, something often only glancingly covered in Chandler鈥檚 novels, but the Nazi characters are unconvincing stereotypes.
While some readers may be disappointed to discover that Chandler鈥檚 early novels were a mishmash of earlier short stories, others will be fascinated by the glimpses we get of the artist at work, and in many respects Chandler鈥檚 work here is very impressive.
These earlier stories are cruder than the novels. The novels may be tough and violent in places, but Chandler refined them from the original stories, which often end in a bloodbath and which dwell unpleasantly on the killings. Another difference is that the storytelling here is comparatively clipped and concise. This reflects the fact that they were written as short stories and needed to cram far more incident into fewer words. In the novels, Chandler has time to draw the passages out 鈥� the descriptions and the dialogue 鈥� and allow them greater richness and flavour.
However many of the elements of the mature Chandler are already in place. The stories are tough and gritty, but find time to stop and express a poetic sensitivity. The dialogue is sharp and peppered with slang, and the characters are hardened people who talk roughly, even when they have a liking for one another. Criminals are seedy, police officers are suspicious and sometimes corrupt, and doctors are dope peddlers. Deceptively simple cases (searching for a missing woman, trying to recover stolen jewellery etc) always prove to have far more to them, and our hero is soon dragged into investigating multiple murders.
The stories are also united by the presence of a private eye hero who narrates them. His name may be Carmady or Dalmas or Evans, but the personality is always the same, and that personality is the prototype for Phillip Marlowe, Chandler鈥檚 most famous creation used in all his novels.
This private eye is a hardened investigator, used to dealing with violent thugs, touchy clients and hostile police officers. However, he is never hard, and much of his investigative work is not even done for money. It often involves stepping in to try to right injustices and protect the innocents.
The ingenuity with which Chandler converted these stories into novels is impressive. For the novels, Chandler lifted dialogue and descriptions. He put characters from these stories into a far more complex narrative, sometimes combining characters, and changing their names. He even altered the role of the characters in the novels, so that it is sometimes a shock for the reader to discover that the original of the novelised character was actually a crook, or met with a different fate to the one that we saw in the novel.
These early versions of some of Chandler鈥檚 best novels may be rough, and lacking in the higher quality of writing that marked Chandler at his best. However if Chandler had not put these first thoughts onto the page, then he would not have had the material for his novels, and I am grateful that they were written. They suffer a little from comparison with their future use, but they had many of the components of a great story.
We often see this on the bonus tracks of music CDs where original drafts of songs have weaker musical riffs and clumsier lyrics than the released track, and we see it in writers who publish first versions of more famous stories that are less polished than the one we have grown to love.
In both cases it is possible that viewing a disappointing work-in-progress will spoil our enjoyment of the final completed version by showing us the haphazard nature of its development. Perhaps that is why Raymond Chandler chose to keep the eight stories in Killer in the Rain under wraps during his lifetime.
Nonetheless the stories could not be suppressed indefinitely, and we can now finally read the short stories which Chandler cannibalised so effectively to produce The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, and The Lady in the Lake. I will not describe this process in detail, as the Penguin edition provides a helpful introduction which does this.
Let us just say that elements of 鈥楰iller in the Rain鈥� and 鈥楾he Curtain found their way into The Big Sleep; for Farewell My Lovely, Chandler made extensive use of sections of 鈥楾he Man Who Liked Dogs鈥�, 鈥楾ry the Girl鈥�, and 鈥楳andarin鈥檚 Jade鈥�; whilst The Lady in the Lake was made from components of 鈥楤ay City Blues鈥� and of course the story of the same name.
鈥楴o Crime in the Mountains鈥� is the story least familiar to readers of those three novels, since Chandler uses very little of this in The Lady in the Lake. It has a lake, a similar setting and a simple folksy deputy sheriff who is more acute than he looks, but that is all. Curiously the story is perhaps the weakest in this set. It is of interest in that it acknowledges the Second World War, something often only glancingly covered in Chandler鈥檚 novels, but the Nazi characters are unconvincing stereotypes.
While some readers may be disappointed to discover that Chandler鈥檚 early novels were a mishmash of earlier short stories, others will be fascinated by the glimpses we get of the artist at work, and in many respects Chandler鈥檚 work here is very impressive.
These earlier stories are cruder than the novels. The novels may be tough and violent in places, but Chandler refined them from the original stories, which often end in a bloodbath and which dwell unpleasantly on the killings. Another difference is that the storytelling here is comparatively clipped and concise. This reflects the fact that they were written as short stories and needed to cram far more incident into fewer words. In the novels, Chandler has time to draw the passages out 鈥� the descriptions and the dialogue 鈥� and allow them greater richness and flavour.
However many of the elements of the mature Chandler are already in place. The stories are tough and gritty, but find time to stop and express a poetic sensitivity. The dialogue is sharp and peppered with slang, and the characters are hardened people who talk roughly, even when they have a liking for one another. Criminals are seedy, police officers are suspicious and sometimes corrupt, and doctors are dope peddlers. Deceptively simple cases (searching for a missing woman, trying to recover stolen jewellery etc) always prove to have far more to them, and our hero is soon dragged into investigating multiple murders.
The stories are also united by the presence of a private eye hero who narrates them. His name may be Carmady or Dalmas or Evans, but the personality is always the same, and that personality is the prototype for Phillip Marlowe, Chandler鈥檚 most famous creation used in all his novels.
This private eye is a hardened investigator, used to dealing with violent thugs, touchy clients and hostile police officers. However, he is never hard, and much of his investigative work is not even done for money. It often involves stepping in to try to right injustices and protect the innocents.
The ingenuity with which Chandler converted these stories into novels is impressive. For the novels, Chandler lifted dialogue and descriptions. He put characters from these stories into a far more complex narrative, sometimes combining characters, and changing their names. He even altered the role of the characters in the novels, so that it is sometimes a shock for the reader to discover that the original of the novelised character was actually a crook, or met with a different fate to the one that we saw in the novel.
These early versions of some of Chandler鈥檚 best novels may be rough, and lacking in the higher quality of writing that marked Chandler at his best. However if Chandler had not put these first thoughts onto the page, then he would not have had the material for his novels, and I am grateful that they were written. They suffer a little from comparison with their future use, but they had many of the components of a great story.
May 29, 2023
"Just who the hell are you?" he growled.
"A shamus. The name doesn't matter." (pp42-43)
Raymond Chandler can't fool us. He might name his detective Dalmas in the eight stories included in Killer in the Rain, or Carmady, or leave him unnamed, but the reader immediately recognises him as Marlowe. The same voice is there, the same style and groove, the same dialogue that can get to the core of a character in a single line.
It didn't bother me that I was already familiar with the content; that Chandler later cannibalised these eight pulp-magazine stories into his novels The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely and The Lady in the Lake. Sure, there was an uncanny element to reading this collection, but it's been years since I read those books and, besides, Chandler's a delight at all times. The way his proto-Marlowe detective navigates his cases, which is such a comfort to a regular reader. The delicious settings, whether that's the sleaze of Bay City or the ominous cut-glass danger of the mountain lakes in the final two stories. The tinderbox gunfight scene in 'The Man Who Liked Dogs' (pg. 103), and the vividness of supporting characters like De Spain in 'Bay City Blues', "a big, dark, dead-pan copper who didn't seem to have any more nerves than a cement-mixer" (pg. 390).
Safe to say, if you have any taste for great dialogue and a classy, smoky mood painted by a master, you're already a Raymond Chandler fan, and if you've not read the novels in a while this is a great way to return to them.
"A shamus. The name doesn't matter." (pp42-43)
Raymond Chandler can't fool us. He might name his detective Dalmas in the eight stories included in Killer in the Rain, or Carmady, or leave him unnamed, but the reader immediately recognises him as Marlowe. The same voice is there, the same style and groove, the same dialogue that can get to the core of a character in a single line.
It didn't bother me that I was already familiar with the content; that Chandler later cannibalised these eight pulp-magazine stories into his novels The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely and The Lady in the Lake. Sure, there was an uncanny element to reading this collection, but it's been years since I read those books and, besides, Chandler's a delight at all times. The way his proto-Marlowe detective navigates his cases, which is such a comfort to a regular reader. The delicious settings, whether that's the sleaze of Bay City or the ominous cut-glass danger of the mountain lakes in the final two stories. The tinderbox gunfight scene in 'The Man Who Liked Dogs' (pg. 103), and the vividness of supporting characters like De Spain in 'Bay City Blues', "a big, dark, dead-pan copper who didn't seem to have any more nerves than a cement-mixer" (pg. 390).
Safe to say, if you have any taste for great dialogue and a classy, smoky mood painted by a master, you're already a Raymond Chandler fan, and if you've not read the novels in a while this is a great way to return to them.
August 23, 2018
Un breve racconto per conoscere Raymond Chandler e posso dire che l鈥檈sperimento 猫 riuscito, continuer貌 senz鈥檃ltro a leggere i suoi libri. In poche pagine Chandler riesce a fare una descrizione dei personaggi cos矛 minuziosa, che riesci a vederli come in un film, mi 猫 dispiaciuto finirlo cos矛 presto.
March 3, 2020
This is the second time I have read this collection of short stories that were later developed into Chandler鈥檚 Philip Marlowe novels.
Killer in the Rain and The Curtain became the iconic Big Sleep and it鈥檚 fascinating to see how the Lady in The Lake was developed and expanded upon to become such a perfect novel. To quote the man himself 鈥楢 good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled鈥�
Chandler is the master of Los Angeles Noir and his Philip Marlowe along with Dashiell Hammett鈥檚 Sam Spade is a simply wonderful character..
Killer in the Rain and The Curtain became the iconic Big Sleep and it鈥檚 fascinating to see how the Lady in The Lake was developed and expanded upon to become such a perfect novel. To quote the man himself 鈥楢 good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled鈥�
Chandler is the master of Los Angeles Noir and his Philip Marlowe along with Dashiell Hammett鈥檚 Sam Spade is a simply wonderful character..
June 14, 2019
This features some of Chandler's earlier short stories, which were developed more fully in his later novels. An average read, not quite of the class of his later work when he was at the height of his powers.
December 26, 2022
Having watched plenty of noir films in my time and seeing a trailer for a documentary on the genre it occurred to me that I had never read any of the books. So 拢2 at a market for this book seemed serendipity.
My expectations of relatively simple plots were quickly confounded and one must keep one's wits around to keep track of who is double/triple-crossing who. They are complex and clever plots. Wives crossing husbands, bent (and very sharp) good cops, not much is what it seems. Most seem set around L.A. I dare say some of these locations are real places. Chandler has a good sense of location and general description.
Chandler's lead detective (given varying names) is essentially the same character. A tough guy happy to pull a gun, break into a building and with good line in smart lines; "A radio serial is my idea of the square root of nothing", "His black eyes were as shallow as a cafeteria tray or as deep as a hole to China", He telegraphed his punch well ahead. I would almost have had time to have run out to buy ac catcher's mask." Some references and slang terms have been lost in the mists of its time and although it's not necessary to get every reference, as it's quite clear what he's getting at, it does slow things down a little but there is so much action it hardly matters.
I really liked these tales and have since discovered that many people think of them as lesser than the novels. Given that, I'm certainly going to read one of the latter. If they are as fun as these stories then they'll be great!
My expectations of relatively simple plots were quickly confounded and one must keep one's wits around to keep track of who is double/triple-crossing who. They are complex and clever plots. Wives crossing husbands, bent (and very sharp) good cops, not much is what it seems. Most seem set around L.A. I dare say some of these locations are real places. Chandler has a good sense of location and general description.
Chandler's lead detective (given varying names) is essentially the same character. A tough guy happy to pull a gun, break into a building and with good line in smart lines; "A radio serial is my idea of the square root of nothing", "His black eyes were as shallow as a cafeteria tray or as deep as a hole to China", He telegraphed his punch well ahead. I would almost have had time to have run out to buy ac catcher's mask." Some references and slang terms have been lost in the mists of its time and although it's not necessary to get every reference, as it's quite clear what he's getting at, it does slow things down a little but there is so much action it hardly matters.
I really liked these tales and have since discovered that many people think of them as lesser than the novels. Given that, I'm certainly going to read one of the latter. If they are as fun as these stories then they'll be great!
July 31, 2015
I did really like this book, but the last tale, "No Crime In The Mountains", was rather poor compared to the rest. Reading these stories and seeing the beginnings of some of the most well-known mystery novels in America was fascinating and a treat.
If you're a fan of Chandler or just mystery and pulp in general, you really should pick up a copy of this book. It will most certainly be worth your time, money and effort.
If you're a fan of Chandler or just mystery and pulp in general, you really should pick up a copy of this book. It will most certainly be worth your time, money and effort.
March 30, 2017
Eight short stories, two I'd read before--sort of. One of the short stories is The Lady in the Lake which Chandler later reworked as a Marlowe novel. The other I might have read as a short story, but I didn't remember all the details.
None of these stories was a let down. They had all the classic Chandler ingredients--the language, the characterisation, and the twists. Am up past my bedtime because I couldn't put the book down.
None of these stories was a let down. They had all the classic Chandler ingredients--the language, the characterisation, and the twists. Am up past my bedtime because I couldn't put the book down.
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