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The Simple Art of Murder
Raymond Chandler

The Simple Art of Murder

Vintage Books (12 Sep 1988)
9780394757650
| Paperback
377 pages | 132 x 203 mm | English
Dewey 813.52
LC Classification PS3505.H3224 .S56 1988
LC Control No. 87045923

Subject

  • Detective And Mystery Stories
  • Detective And Mystery Stories - Authorship
  • Detective And Mystery Stories, American
  • Detective And Mystery Stories/ Authorship

Plot

In 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.