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Book Description
This is a collection of four Wild West stories with a difference - not only are they byRaymond Chandler, but they are set not in pioneer country but the modern...
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- English Books
- Others 192 Pages
- ISBN-10: 014010898X
- ISBN-13: 9780140108989
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Pub date: Sep 01, 1989
- Also available as: Paperback
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I enjoyed the other Chandler stories I read, but these ones just seemed flat and dull. After Hammett the characters just felt a bit ordinary and there was little sympathy for them. It seemed a very straight and matter of fact narration style. It was easy to picture what was happening, but just also ... (continue)
I enjoyed the other Chandler stories I read, but these ones just seemed flat and dull. After Hammett the characters just felt a bit ordinary and there was little sympathy for them. It seemed a very straight and matter of fact narration style. It was easy to picture what was happening, but just also a bit dull and dry. I think part of the problem was I read the stories very slowly before bed. I think they needed to be read quicker to increase the pacing. The last story was definitely the best, with a woman killer who was not exactly evil and a cop who was not exactly good. I have another set of Chandler stories to read, which I'm hoping I will like more than these.
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