Raymond Chandler

Farewell My Lovely

Hard-boiled detective novel of a femme fatale and murder in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles

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Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler virtually invented the hard-boiled private eye novel as a literary art form. His Philip Marlowe stories brought poetic prose and moral complexity to the crime genre, creating one of fiction's most enduring protagonists. His influence on noir fiction, film, and television is immeasurable.

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