I bought LATER NOVELS AND OTHER WRITINGS today, the second of
the Library of America's two Chandler collections. If you
need new Chandlers, these are the ones to get. This one's $35
USD ($45 CAN) and the first one is about the same. That's not
cheap, but it works out to be a lot less than buying the
stuff individually in those overpriced Vintage trade
paperback editions. This second volume has THE LADY IN THE
LAKE, THE LITTLE SISTER, THE LONG GOODBYE, and PLAYBACK, plus
the screenplay for DOUBLE INDEMNITY and then "The Simple Art
of Murder," a few other short essays, and some letters. Now
that's a collection!
People outside North America must have other choices, but in
the US and Canada I'd certainly recommend these for anyone
new to the field who wants to build up a collection of
classic stuff. If you want to hunt down old paperbacks,
that's fine, but if you're getting them new, go for
these.
My only regret in buying these is that Chandler has fallen
off the list of authors by whom there are more than ten books
in my library.
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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