raymond chandler – Page 2 – Cannonball Read 17

I think you are a very stupid person. You look stupid. You are in a stupid business. And you came here on a stupid mission.” “I get it,” I said. “I’m stupid. It sank in after a while.

Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler

June 1, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Last year I read all of Raymond Chandler’s short stories, which was something of a task because he published about 25 or so 50+ page stories. What I learned from those is that some or many of them became the seeds and set pieces of the coming novels. I had previously read The Big Sleep in college and so from there, I am moving onto some of the novels. Farewell My Lovely – 1940 This is the second of the novels, all of which I […]

There was death in the big room.

December 19, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

It’s honestly a pretty draining prospect to read 26 Raymond Chandler stories. Here’s why: he was so remarkably consistent that the stories are thorough, thoughtful, a little repetitive–along a few common paths–, and they are long. Each of these stories is between about 45-60 pages (using Everyman Library pages at that), and so the grand total of 26 of his stories is about 1300 pages. And so I have been working on these a lot. If there were more variety, I would be more excited […]

A Nice, Relaxing Lakehouse Getaway…Just Kidding!

September 20, 2018 by Halbs Leave a Comment

The Lady in the Lake, Chandler’s fourth Philip Marlowe novel, gets the private eye out of 1940s Los Angeles and into the California countryside. You would think the hard-boiled detective is just looking for a little TLC after all the murders and blackjacks to the skull, but that’s not his style. Just look at the title! Trouble seems to follow Marlowe like a hangover fart. This is a different kind of Marlowe novel, in my opinion. The previous books featured a more sardonic, cosmopolitan, up-for-anything […]

Marlowe Sassily Fights Crime in Nighttime LA Again

September 20, 2017 by Halbs Leave a Comment

If you look through my previous Raymond Chandler reviews, you’ll see that I’m a massive fan of Chandler and his famous Los Angeles private eye, Philip Marlowe. The setting, the sassy dialogue, the day drinking at work – it’s all awesome. Unfortunately, while it is still enjoyable, this third book in the Marlowe series is the least-memorable of the series. In this story, Marlowe is hired by a cantankerous battle-axe of a wealthy old matriarch to find a missing rare coin. She’s the perfect client […]

“I looked at the gun and the gun looked at me.”

January 7, 2017 by Halbs 2 Comments

To kick off my CBR 9 reviews, a few opening remarks: This is my third year participating in CBR. I love it and the community around it. I’m glad to help raise money for ACS to fight cancer, and I strongly encourage everyone to visit this site and click through to Amazon from the links. My ratings system is pretty simple. Five stars means I love the book and give copies to people to evangelize how good it is. Three stars means I liked it […]

If Buffy the Vampire Slayer were written by Raymond Chandler….

February 20, 2016 by ingres77 8 Comments

My sister has been pressuring me to read this book for a couple of years. I think I put it off on principle. It took me a couple years to convince her to read The Lord of the Rings (when we were much younger), but it was the release of the movies that finally did it. She also rejected my suggestions of A Game of Thrones (too political), Harry Potter (not interested), Brandon Sanderson (she keeps forgetting about it) and John Scalzi (ditto). So I […]

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