Crime fiction
I’m enjoying a guilty pleasure this week: reading a classic detective mystery, the kind Raymond Chandler tore strips off in his defining essay The Simple Art of Murder in 1944 … Continue reading
Thursday, 27 February, 2014 · 1 Comment
Raymond Chandler’s short stories
Between December 1933 and September 1941 Raymond Chandler wrote 21 stories for the mystery story pulp magazines – of which the best known is Black Mask – in an attempt … Continue reading
Sunday, 29 September, 2013 · 10 Comments
