I don’t think the Hardboiled Detective would have had the staying power it did if it weren’t for Raymond Chandler (1888-1959). Pulp fiction, unfairly has been considered the lower art form of literature. But you can’t deny the the masterful way Chandler wrote, using metaphors and similes in such a way that was groundbreaking at… Continue reading Raymond Chandler: The Bard of the Hardboiled Mystery