Post by mikef6 on Aug 22, 2021 17:54:16 GMT
In 1995, The Library Of America published the complete works of Raymond Chandler in two volumes. I just finished volume one which includes the Pulp Stories and Chandler’s first three novels: The Big Sleep (1939); Farewell, My Lovely (1940); and The High Window (1942)
The short stories appeared from 1933 to 1939. Most were in the legendary pulp magazine Black Mask. Three of the last four came out in Dime Detective. The final story was in The Saturday Evening Post, not a pulp.
From the first story, “Blackmailers Don’t Shoot,” we get a very readable but somewhat crude tough guy detective story. It is amazing how the reader can tell, almost from story to story, how they progressively get better. His final five (Red Wind, The King In Yellow, Pearls Are A Nuisance, Trouble Is My Business, and I’ll Be Waiting) are all fine stories indeed.
A must-read for detective fiction fans and for an adventure in American Literature.
The short stories appeared from 1933 to 1939. Most were in the legendary pulp magazine Black Mask. Three of the last four came out in Dime Detective. The final story was in The Saturday Evening Post, not a pulp.
From the first story, “Blackmailers Don’t Shoot,” we get a very readable but somewhat crude tough guy detective story. It is amazing how the reader can tell, almost from story to story, how they progressively get better. His final five (Red Wind, The King In Yellow, Pearls Are A Nuisance, Trouble Is My Business, and I’ll Be Waiting) are all fine stories indeed.
A must-read for detective fiction fans and for an adventure in American Literature.