Raymond Chandler is the once and future king of opening paragraphs

“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.“ - Farewell, My Lovely

Chandler is the shit. Number one best American writer ever, you can keep your damn Hemmingway

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