Modern detective novel collection (2 volumes)

Author: Raymond Chandler
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: If a person is not fit for adventure, then there is no adventure. His experiences are vast enough to shock you, but that is his right, because that is the world of his life. If there were enough people like him, then this world would be a very safe place, and it wouldn’t become too boring or unworthy of living. Returning to reality is the essence of Raymond Chandler’s novels, and also a rebellious declaration against classical detective fiction by the famous "American Revolution" in the history of detective novels. However, what is the truth of the world after all? In Chandler’s portrayal, the prosperity is an illusion, a greater decay and wilderness, and madness, absurdity, and mutual slaughter tear the value of human nature into pieces. All he can do is rebuild a person, an amateur detective who risks adventures in the thorns to seek hidden truths, an "ordinary extraordinary" "hero"; he is Philip Marlowe, John Dimas, Komody, and also "me."