Recommended reading

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An essay from 1950 by detective novelist Raymond Chandler about writing: The Simple Art of Murder. I particularly like his emphasis on getting the details right, and the long section on Dashiell Hammett, who was a real-life detective before becoming a writer, that looks at how Hammett's writing works.

A piece by Laura Miller in Salon: A reader's

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[nightdog_barks]

That piece by Chandler is just amazing.

In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption.

What an absolutely lovely line.