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      The Simple Art of Murder

      by Raymond Chandler
      Published
      Jan 1950
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      Hard-Boiled Hard-Boiled
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      Philip Marlowe

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      The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the forthcoming film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson

      In The Simple Art of Murder, which was prefaced by the famous Atlantic Monthly essay of the same name, noir master Raymond Chandler argues the virtues of the hard-boiled detective novel, and this collection, mostly drawn from stories he wrote for the pulps, demonstrates Chandler's imaginative, entertaining facility with the form. Included are the classic stories "Spanish Blood," Pearls Are a Nuisance," and "Guns at Cyrano's," among others.

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      Mar 1980 Ballantine ISBN13 9780345288608 ISBN10 0345288602
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      Feb 1985 Ballantine ISBN13 9780345326478 ISBN10 0345326474
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      Jun 1987 Ballantine ISBN13 9780345349378 ISBN10 0345349377
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      Sep 1988 Vintage ISBN13 9780394757650 ISBN10 0394757653
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      Jun 2002 Knopf ISBN13 9781400030224 ISBN10 1400030226
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      Jun 2002 Vintage ISBN10 B000FBFM1G
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      Jun 2002 Inktree ISBN13 1230000166535
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      Jun 2002 iHelp Press ISBN13 1230000296027