![]() ![]() Now, before you do a little PI work yourself and send some goons to help change my mind, chum, hear me out. ![]() Discover the first Edgar winner for Best Novel: Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay! And that’s exactly what happened when I read Chandler’s The Long Goodbye (and watched the Star Wars films, for that matter). It’s a shame that things get put on a pedestal like that because the expectations always overreach and cause an expectation for more. (Similarly, I hadn’t seen any of the Star Wars films until my 20s but could hold my own in any conversation about the films.) I knew Philip Marlowe through and through without having read a single word. Like much of popular culture, after a certain time, the details are everywhere-reviewed, rebooted, interpreted, and imitated. The name carries so much weight in the mystery genre, it’s hard to believe anyone who says they’ve never read any of his works. ![]()
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