The Big Sleep (1939),
Farewell, My Lovely (1940),
The Little Sister (1949), and
The Long Goodbye (1953),
Dashiell Hammett, (July 23, 1888 to March 26, 1959) has been labeled a serious writer, not just a detective novelist.
I am not sure of the distinction. Nor was Taki, his black Persian cat. Here is author and cat
Chandler lost Taki after almost twenty years, just before Christmas, 1951. He wrote to a friend on January 9, 1951, "Thanks for the letter and Christmas card. I didn't send any this year.We were a bit broken up over the death of our black Persian cat. When I say broken up I am being conventional. For us it was tragedy."
They got another Persian, another black one, within the year. Chandler named it, also, Taki. Probably just as hard-boiled as the original Taki.
Dashiell Hammett, (July 23, 1888 to March 26, 1959) has been labeled a serious writer, not just a detective novelist.
I am not sure of the distinction. Nor was Taki, his black Persian cat. Here is author and cat
Chandler lost Taki after almost twenty years, just before Christmas, 1951. He wrote to a friend on January 9, 1951, "Thanks for the letter and Christmas card. I didn't send any this year.We were a bit broken up over the death of our black Persian cat. When I say broken up I am being conventional. For us it was tragedy."
They got another Persian, another black one, within the year. Chandler named it, also, Taki. Probably just as hard-boiled as the original Taki.
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