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Derek Raymond, a British writer born on June 12, 1931, and died on July 30, 1994, is renowned for his crime novels. His unique style and deep insight into the psychology of crime have earned him a dedicated following.

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“I studied him and realized that madness is the last defence of the mind when it can't hope to reconcile itself with events; I too was standing between routine and the unknowable.”

Madness

Book:How the Dead Live

Source: How the Dead Live

“It's wearying, like Caliban buttonholing you in hell and telling you the struggle he's having getting along with himself.”

Struggle Hell Weary Caliban Existential Horror

Book:The Crust on its Uppers

Source: The Crust on its Uppers

“A quick butchers shows up Old Bill three-handed, also a particularly nasty female grass–-and if looks were acid baths the two she collects from us would reduce her to gristle quicker than Mrs. Durand-Deacon.”

Crime Noir True Crime Slang Hard Boiled Patois English Crime

Book:The Crust on its Uppers

Source: The Crust on its Uppers

“You Englishmen,’ said Herr Wurter. ‘You are all the same. Wherever you are you behave as if you were at home and your word was law.”

Crime Humour Englishmen English Crime Thriller Crime Ficiton

Book:The Crust on its Uppers

Source: The Crust on its Uppers

“Every day you amass knowledge in a frantic race against death that death must win. You want to find out everything in the time you have; yet in the end you wonder why you bothered, it'll all be lost. I keep trying to explain this to anyone who will listen.”

Want Trying Ends Winning Lost Race Wonder Bothered Keep Trying Frantic

Book:He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1

Source: He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1

“She doesn’t think she’s worthy to live. But she doesn’t realize, she is life.”

Thinking Realizing Worthy Self Hatred

Book:He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1

Source: He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1

“Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap.”

Writing Class Middle Style Middle Class Crap Life Style Middle Class Life

Book:He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1

Source: He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1

“I became as hard as whipcord, but with a brain like cottonwool.”

Hard Brain

Book:He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1

Source: He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1

About the Author

Born: June 12, 1931
Died: July 30, 1994
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 8

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