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“Raymond Chandler is one of the godfathers of noir, and Philip Marlowe is probably the most quintessential character. I love it when books really capture a setting and The Long Goodbye does that in spades. Everyone is drinking at all times. They wake up with a hangover and immediately smoke a cigarette. Something about that is very romantic to me, even though I don’t smoke—it captures another era, a certain time period in Los Angeles, post-World War II, where the city hasn’t been fully built yet and it’s rapidly changing.” Read more...
Simon Hawkins, Film Director
“Raymond Chandler is a master of the crime novel and his short stories are a terrific read that I return to very often.” Read more...
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Lynda La Plante, Thriller and Crime Writer
