Before comparing these movies, however, let’s review the novel itself. He takes us into a different world, a world that's like ours, but isn't.If you are not clear on the distinction between an ordinary detective movie that was filmed a long time ago in black-and-white, a film noir, and a neo-noir, then you might try watching the three adaptations of Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely. He wrote like an angel.' -Literary Review 'he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision.' -Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books 'Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence.' -Ross Macdonald 'Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude.' -Erle Stanley Gardner 'Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since.' -Paul Auster ''s the perfect novelist for our times. A great artist.' -The Boston Book Review 'Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. Parker, The New York Times Book Review 'Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye.' -Los Angeles Times 'Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. ' -Carolyn See, 'Raymond Chandler is a master.' -The New York Times ' wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered.' -The New Yorker 'Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious.' -Robert B. He takes us into a different world, a world that's like ours, but isn't. He wrote like an angel.' - Literary Review 'he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision.' -Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books 'Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence.' -Ross Macdonald 'Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude.' -Erle Stanley Gardner 'Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since.' -Paul Auster ''s the perfect novelist for our times. A great artist.' - The Boston Book Review 'Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. Parker, The New York Times Book Review 'Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye.' - Los Angeles Times 'Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. 'Raymond Chandler is a master.' - The New York Times ' wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered.' - The New Yorker 'Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious.' -Robert B.

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