tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634606691423431362.post160026985819740004..comments2023-04-13T08:09:26.954-07:00Comments on Bookishly Witty: My Month of Crime Fiction: The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerRachel S. Cordascohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060335400337208771noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634606691423431362.post-4117074284381782882014-03-06T21:39:57.053-08:002014-03-06T21:39:57.053-08:00This was my first "crime fiction" book. ...This was my first "crime fiction" book. I think I've been avoiding the genre because I'm usually half-an-hour behind Hercule Poirot on television. But I thoroughly enjoyed The Big Sleep, for the dry humor and the language.<br />Example:I hate long descriptive passages of rooms, but this was fun: "The room was too big, the ceiling was too high, the doors were too tall,and the white carpet that went from wall to wall looked like a fresh fall of snow at Lake Arrowhead."<br />Or, "I gave the front door the heavy shoulder. This was foolish. About the only part of a California house you can't put your foot through is the front door. All it did was hurt my shoulder and make me mad."<br />Haven't you always wanted to see Magnum, or Morgan or McGarrett bust himself up like that?<br />Or am I just a little closet sadist?ghobubonoreply@blogger.com