I just picked up the Library of America's STORIES AND EARLY
NOVELS of Raymond Chandler, which includes all the short
stories he wanted reprinted, THE BIG SLEEP, FAREWELL, MY
LOVELY, and THE HIGH WINDOW. I'm going to get the other
edition with his later books, too. (And soon, because to my
horror I noticed my copy of THE LONG GOODBYE
disappeared.)
Now, I know they didn't reprint the stories he cannibalized,
the ones in KILLER IN THE RAIN, which I have in an old
beat-up Penguin. But they didn't include "The Simple Art of
Murder"! Sure, it's not a short story, but it's his most
famous short piece, it was the title piece in his big short
story collection, and it means I'll have to keep my copy of
THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER (the shortened reprint) around just
so I have it. Does anyone know why they did this? There was
discussion about this edition in July 2000, but this didn't
get mentioned.
Bill
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