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The notebooks of Raymond Chandler and English summer: A gothic romance

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My biggest complaint about The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler is that it is just that, Raymond Chandler's musings and clippings that were found in his notebooks. Some of the pieces are interesting,but far to few are actually written by Chandler. Even some that are serve absolutely no purpose i.e. "A note on typewritter ribbon dating" and "the rules to craps" While still others have been printed countless times in other volumes "Notes (very brief please) on English and American Style" and "Twelve notes on the Mystery Story" Instead of these and the writings of other authors I would have rather had a book of the lost writings of Raymond Chandler. Such entries would include "Prefessor Bingo's Snuff" "The Bronze Door" "Oscar Night in Hollywood" "Backfire" "Ten Percent of your Life" Poetry and essays from Chandler during his days at the Gazette. Some of these thnigs have been published but every book or magazine has been long since out of print. It seems this one has as well. I have searched high and low for many of these things including this book itself. (I have found most of them, this particular book was bought on Ebay) Some highlights from this book include "A Qualified Farewell" and of course "English Summer"