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  • First of all let me say that I am "not peculiar, just uninhibited" to coin a Raymond Chandler phrase.

    6 Sort of Weird Things About Me The Nag 2006

  • First of all let me say that I am "not peculiar, just uninhibited" to coin a Raymond Chandler phrase.

    Archive 2006-12-01 The Nag 2006

  • To paraphrase Raymond Chandler: "Down these mean streets a warrior monk must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished or afraid..."

    A Friday Morning "You Can Tell It's Spring When You See The Hairballs" Review: The Apocalypse Door sbisson 2003

  • Slightly smaller than a paperback and only 10mm thick, the Pocket Edition is, to paraphrase Raymond Chandler, "small and delicately put together, but durable".

    PC PRO 2009

  • Slightly smaller than a paperback and only 10mm thick, the Pocket Edition is, to paraphrase Raymond Chandler, "small and delicately put together, but durable".

    PC PRO 2009

  • Writers like Nesbø, Iceland's Arnalder Indridason and Norway's Karin Fossum put together series of books, often focusing on one recurring character and often playing along the familiar lines of the standard noir thriller, the kind of thing created in the United States by titans such as Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.

    Very cool cases: Scandinavian crime novels are exceptionally hot properties 2010

  • The constraints of crime fiction has already produced a number of widely admired modern masters such as Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith.

    WHEN THE BAR HAS NO LOWER TO GO ... CHOICES* TEV 2006

  • Hammett, along with other writers of the 1920s, 30s and 40s such as Raymond Chandler, defined a new fictional world with their gritty portrayals of urban existence in America.

    The Guardian World News Paul Harris 2011

  • Writers such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain and Nathanael West used the city’s underbelly to tell stories in a way that transformed crime fiction forever.

    The Elegant Variation: TEV 2007

  • Writers such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain and Nathanael West used the city’s underbelly to tell stories in a way that transformed crime fiction forever.

    GUEST REVIEW: LOS ANGELES NOIR TEV 2007

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