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3 days ago · Narrative Magazine (@narrativemag). 1 Reply. 4 Likes. It’s Raymond Chandler’s birthday! Raymond Chandler, in his essay “The Simple Art of Murder,” noted that “the detective story, even in its most conventional form, is difficult to write well. Good specimens of the art are much rarer than good serious novels.”.
5 days ago · We shall further consider Chandler's assertion in his essay 'The Simple Art of Murder', that detective fiction should be realistic, and that the detective hero must be able to operate in realistic conditions.
4 days ago · As Raymond Chandler said in The Simple Art of Murder, the genre wanted to explore realistic crime and a world where “gangsters can rule nations and almost rule cities.” But what is justice when the very system that should uphold it is corrupt?
3 days ago · assassination, the murder of a public figure. The term typically refers to the killing of government leaders and other prominent persons for political purposes—such as to seize power, to start a revolution, to draw attention to a cause, to exact revenge, or to undermine a regime or its critics.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · Courtesy of Bantam,Dutton, Pamela Dorman Books. 4. Middle of the Night by Riley Sager. 5. The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine. 6. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston. Riley Sager’s latest ...
1 day ago · Mrs. Crabtree's Neighbourhood (Episode 1710) (Stephen Scott) Murdoch has an intriguing case to solve, while fan-favourite Effie Crabtree has a broken leg, a bottle of pain medication and too much ...
3 days ago · The story of Jonathan Creswell, a predator horse trainer who brutally attacked his 21-year-old victim Katie Simpson – and tried to cover up the crime. When he spoke to the 999 call handler ...
