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Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)

Raymond Chandler  (1888-1959) Raymond Thornton Chandler was an Anglo-American novelist and screenwriter who had an immense stylistic influence upon the modern private detective story, especially in the style of the writing and the attitudes now characteristic of the genre. His protagonist Philip Marlowe is, along with Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, considered synonymous with "private detective."

When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.
It was a blond. A blond to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window.