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The Simple Art of Murder

Books | Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled

4.3
Raymond Chandler
The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the forthcoming film Marlowe, starring Liam NeesonIn The Simple Art of Murder, which was prefaced by the famous Atlantic Monthly essay of the same name, noir master Raymond Chandler argues the virtues of the hard-boiled detective novel, and this collection, mostly drawn from stories he wrote for the pulps, demonstrates Chandler's imaginative, entertaining facility with the form. Included are the classic stories "Spanish Blood," Pearls Are a Nuisance," and "Guns at Cyrano's," among others.
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Author
Raymond Chandler
Pages
384
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2002-06-11
ISBN
1400030226 9781400030224
Ratings
Google: 5

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