Re: RARA-AVIS: "Simple Art..." stories

Robert E. Skinner (rskinner@mail.xula.edu)
Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:26:56 -0600 billha@ionet.net wrote:
>
< but Chandler's later essay may lead us to suspect he's being a bit of
a smart-aleck in the story.>

Chandler wasn't above elbowing the genre in the ribs on other
occasions. Read "Pearls are a Nuisance" and see him developing broad
humor in the context of a supposedly tough-guy story.

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