The other night I was woken up by a storm and couldn't go
back to sleep, so I picked up the Library of America Chandler
collection. I said what the hell, let's be historical, and
started reading Blackmailers Don't Shoot.
Five, six pages into the story and I couldn't make head or
tail of it. Lots of people getting shot, Mallory driving here
and there, but it made no sense. I finished it, but it was
painful. A situation: either to doubt Chandler's ability to
deliver the magic or doubt my own hemispheres at two in the
morning.
The code of the card-carrying hardboil prohibits the former,
so... I went on to read Trouble is My Business. Ah, Chandler.
Just for good measure I read The King in Yellow. Ah,
Chandler. But the panic was real. It made me think of the
faith we feed into this.
Best,
MrT
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