37 sats \ 3 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears OP 18 Apr \ parent \ on: Raymond Chandler's simile files BooksAndArticles
I go back and forth between The Long Goodbye and The Big Sleep. Both utter classics.
Full disclosure: I actually consider Chandler the weakest of the Big 3 of hardboiled crime (behind Ross MacDonald and Dashiell Hammett), though I think no one could turn a better single phrase than he could.
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41 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 18 Apr
I watched The Big Sleep not long ago. Maybe I'll give it a go.
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27 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears OP 18 Apr
Such an amazing movie, too.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 18 Apr
It really is. His knack for dialogue is so much fun.
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