Watching “Woman in the Dark” (1934), it’s apparent why – other than classics like “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) and the “Thin Man” series – Dashiell
While it’s fair to say Raymond Chandler arrived as a groundbreaking hardboiled detective writer with his first novel, “The Big Sleep,” he’s still improving at
Country superstar singer-songwriter-fiddler Merle Haggard (1937-2016) was a rowdy youngster. He spent time in prison and reform schools (from which he repeatedly absconded). Eventually, he
Raymond Chandler himself said his contribution to the hardboiled genre was style. That’s evident in “The Big Sleep,” which some say has an incomprehensible plot,
Having taken the baton from Dashiell Hammett for his first Philip Marlowe novel, “The Big Sleep” (1939), Raymond Chandler works on making his hardboiled private
My library has most of Kurt Vonnegut’s catalog, all of them tattered, dog-eared and much-enjoyed. He’s a popular book club choice, but also, people of
I lament that there is only one Sam Spade novel and three short stories. I don’t know if Raymond Chandler lamented that Dashiell Hammett was
“The Oxford Inheritance” (2016) has a plot that would be fascinating if you’ve never read a book before, but ultimately its generic nature makes it
In stark contrast to Doyle’s “Holmes” stories, and to a greater degree than Christie’s shorts, Dashiell Hammett’s short stories have had a checkered publication history.
With the sheer number of Alfred Hitchcock biographies out there, you can easily find a warm one, such as the official bio, John Russell Taylor’s