A Handy Guide To Finding Yourself

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Tribute to Raymond Chandler


Pick up the Sunday Los Angeles Times and read the Opinion section. They've got a great piece on Raymond Chandler. Wait a second, we live in the future and it just might be accessable by clicking here:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-freeman30dec30,1,6140039.story?ctrack=7&cset=true

Hot damn that's ugly. How do all those other bloggers make their shit look so pretty. Well regardless. This man published his first book: The Big Sleep, when he was 51.

Great book. Philip Marlowe kicks ass and takes names. Dodging bullets and ladies and putting the entire puzzle together. Is he the quintessential Los Angeles Author? Who else might be? Bukowski? Brailovsky? R. Sixer? You be the judge.