Speaking of Raymond Chandler and The Simple Art of Murder, the British blogger who signs himself as “De Scribe” has posted, at Bookends, a well-thought-out review of that 1950 short-story collection. It’s noteworthy for the way it contrasts Chandler’s prescriptions for detective fiction with those spelled out by S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright) in the latter’s 1928 article, “Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories.”
You’ll find De Scribe’s critique here.
READ MORE: “The Simple Art of Murder,” by Don Napoli
(Reading California Fiction).
Thursday, January 25, 2007
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