Red Wind
by Raymond Chandler
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Before there was Philip Marlowe, there was John Dalmas. This 1946 short story is a classic Raymond Chandler mystery..
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Raymond Chandler is probably the one genre writer I can't get enough of -- there's hardly anyone who writes as hot and stylish as he does. The dialogue, the descriptions... I can't even read them without grinning to myself. Rigorous without being stingy.
All that said... he is not a master of plot. I've read somewhere that Chandler didn't outline his stories, which struck me as insane for a mystery writer. How could you be sure all the threads would work out? Well, the answer is, you can't, and they don't. Look too closely at these plots and they fall apart, but who cares? It's really not about whodunit.
All that said... he is not a master of plot. I've read somewhere that Chandler didn't outline his stories, which struck me as insane for a mystery writer. How could you be sure all the threads would work out? Well, the answer is, you can't, and they don't. Look too closely at these plots and they fall apart, but who cares? It's really not about whodunit.
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Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 23, 1888. Before becoming a professional writer in 1933, he worked as a reporter, an accountant, bookkeeper, and auditor. He wrote several novels featuring private detective Philip Marlowe including The Big Sleep, The High Window, The Lady in the Lake, The Little Sister, and The Long Goodbye. show more In addition to novels and short stories, he wrote screenplays. He won two academy awards, for Double Indemnity (1944) and The Blue Dahlia (1946). He died on March 26, 1959. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Blodig vind og andre noveller
- Original title
- Red Wind/I'll Be Waiting/Trouble is my Business
- Original publication date
- 1938/1939/1939
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