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{{quote| "It was a blonde. The kind of blonde that would make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window." -- ''Farewell, My Lovely'' (1940)}}
Raymond Chandler (1888 - 1959) was and is one of the most influential writers of and on detective fiction, through seven novels, many short stories, and a number of essays, of which the most famous is 1944's "The Simple Art of Murder". He also had an influence on the developing [[Film Noir]], both indirectly through adaptations of his novels, and more directly through a stint as a Hollywood screenwriter (he wrote the screenplay for ''[[Double Indemnity]]'' and ''[[Strangers
His most famous creation is Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe, the central character of his novels: ''[[The Big Sleep (Literature)|The Big Sleep]]'' (1939), ''Farewell, My Lovely'' (1940), ''The High Window'' (1942), ''The Lady in the Lake'' (1943), ''The Little Sister'' (1949), ''The Long Goodbye'' (1953), and ''Playback'' (1958).
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* [[Expy]]: Philip Marlowe, protagonist of Chandler's novels, is pretty much John Dalmas, protagonist of Chandler's stories for ''Dime Detective'' magazine, who is pretty much Carmady, protagonist of Chandler's stories for ''Black Mask'' magazine. To the extent that the Dalmas and Carmady stories were subsequently collected and reprinted [[Dolled-Up Installment|with Marlowe's name substituted for theirs]].
* [[Faking the Dead]]: At least two of the novels have one of the murders ([[Never One Murder|there's always more than one]]) turn out to be this.
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* [[Gambit Pileup]]
* [[Golden Age of Hollywood]]/[[Horrible Hollywood]]: A source of deep cynicism in ''The Little Sister''.
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