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Raymond Chandler

Writer

American author and screenwriter, creator of private detective Philip Marlowe, and a central figure in hard‑boiled/noir fiction.

Born 1888, died 1959. Creator of Philip Marlowe. Worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood and published major novels including The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, and The Long Goodbye.

Four enthusiastic reviews celebrate Chandler's hard‑boiled style, Marlowe's caustic voice and rich dialogues. Critics highlight recurring themes: loneliness, betrayal, decay of Los Angeles and the erosion of illusions. The Long Goodbye is singled out as intimate and elegiac. The Big Sleep is praised as a genre pillar.

For:Readers of hard‑boiled/noir detective fiction; fans of Philip Marlowe; readers interested in classic American crime literature.

 everything is emptied of value by human baseness, and marriages, justice, law appear to be nothing more than hypocritical screens to minimize the stench of shit.

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 The Long Goodbye is not just a detective novel, it’s a funeral lament.

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 A formidable pen that of Raymond Chandler. If you don’t know it, I recommend it.

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