I was surprised, though I shouldn't have been, by miker's
mention of Chandler's "Goldfish" being a Carmady story. My
first exposure to it was in "The Simple Art of Murder" where
Chandler had transformed it (with only a couple name
substitutions) into a Marlowe novella. As both miker and Ed
Lynskey have suggested, it's a superior work. It's long been
my favorite of the author's shorter pieces. So much so that
when I was asked to contribute a short story to "Raymond
Chandler's Philip Marlowe," a 100th birthday celebration of
the author, fifteen years ago, I wrote a sequel to it. That
story notwithstanding, it's not a bad collection with Crais,
Paretsky, Estleman, Valin, Healy, Randisi and a bunch of
others trying their hand at writing new Marlowe yarns.
There's also an excellent full cast audio drama adaptation
of
"Raymond Chandler's Goldfish," on cassette, starring Harris
Yulin as Marlowe. Produced by Radio Noir.
Dick Lochte
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