The Simple Art of Murder

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 09/12/1988
ISBN: 9780394757650
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.02w x 0.78d

Review Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2002 pg. 128
Library Journal 07/15/2002
New Yorker (The) 08/03/2009 pg. 74