Die simple Kunst des Mordes
Format: paperback
ISBN:
3257202091
Publish date: 1975
Publisher: Diogenes
Pages no: 368
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Classics,
Writing,
Language,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Pulp,
Short Stories,
Hard Boiled
This is a collection of eight stories by the master of hard-boiled fiction, Raymond Chandler: two short novellas, five novelettes and a short story proper. If you like that genre even a bit, this is a can't miss collection. It's full of tough guys and floozies and the consumption of unimaginable amo...
A very sub par collection of short stories. It's listed on FictFact as part of the Philip Marlowe series, and that's the only reason why I read it now. Maybe I shouldn't have...All of these characters are proto-Marlowes. They have all of Marlowe's problems, and none of his qualities. The stories are...
A small collection of short mystery stories and essays on the art mystery writing by the master of hard-boiled noir private eye fiction. I bought this while visiting a book store with my grandfather, the only time that ever happened.
I love noir fiction and film noir, and [b:Raymond Chandler|2052|The Big Sleep|Raymond Chandler|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AGA624Z5L._SL75_.jpg|1222673] is the best of them all. This is a collection of short stories, led into by an essay on where so many writers before him went wrong. ...
Haven't read them all yet, but some classic stories. The titular essay is also a masterpiece.
18 years ago
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