I got the Library of America two volume set of Chandler’s works - novels and stories - when I was working at a bookstore. I’ve read and re-read 'em more times than I can remember, so a lot of it lives on my skull’s hard drive. I love most of it, but some works are far from my favorites. Not nuts about The High Window/The Brasher Doubloon, The Little Sister, Nevada Gas, and Spanish Blood.
The King in Yellow is wonderful, esp when Our Hero refuses an offered drink, saying, “I’m an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.”
Poor Moose. He really loved his Velma, who was as cute as lace pants.
My avi is Tutankhamon’s Anubis, and it is indeed magnificent. An almost identical one, but in sad shape, was found in Horemheb’s tomb:
Couchant jackal from the tomb of Horemheb (photo by Harry Burton, who also photographed all of Tut’s goodies)
