“I didn't mind what she called me, what anybody called me. But this was the room I had to live in. It was all I had in the way of a home. In it was everything that was mine, that had any association for me, any past, anything that took the place of a family. Not much: a few books, pictures, radio, chessmen, old letters, stuff like that. Nothing. Such as they were, they had all my memories.”
A seminal work in the hard-boiled detective genre, this novel follows the adventures of a private detective in 1940s Los Angeles as he navigates a complex web of crime and corruption. more
Raymond Chandler was an American novelist renowned for his hard-boiled detective novels. His works are celebrated for their unique narrative style and profound insights into the criminal world. Chandler's most famous works include 'The Big Sleep' and 'Farewell, My Lovely'. more
“Places, like people, are complex, and loving them isn't simple.”
“At home I am a man, at work I am a machine.”
“Never underestimate the significance of the little things done out of a large heart of love.”
“God begins to paint the clouds in the eastern sky when the mountains butterflies come flying home”
“A man can build a home but it needs a woman to run a home.”