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Originally Posted by scoundrel
The Long Goodbye are (IMO) his best works: totally effortless tours de force in storytelling, no arty farty attempts at ''style'' or ''art'' but in fact they are
Farewell, My Lovely is good stuff. I think you will not be disappointed, snorkie.
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Totally agree. Just the way Chandler describes bar drinks early in "The Long Goodbye" demonstrates what a master he was. Where Hammett purposely aimed for literary fiction, Chandler seemed to easily hit that mark. Both were able to make crime fiction something more than simple potboilers.