In his Notes on English and American Style (from his working
notebooks, reprinted in Raymond Chandler Speaking), Chandler
wrote:
It [American style] has too great a fondness for the faux
naif, by which I mean the use of a style such as might be
spoken by a limited sort of mind. In the hands of a genius
like Hemingway this may be effective . .
. When not used by a genius it is as flat as a Rotarian
speech.
Sounds like a ringing endorsement to me.
Mark
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