Raymond Chandler “Red Wind”

Raymond Chandler “Red Wind” – published in 1938 – difficult aspects – can get lost in the Chandler narrative – many characters – character names change – Waldo – Lola – identity shift – slang → integral to this world – American becomes an Englishman (T.S. Eliot) – U.K. To L.A. (Chandler) – way characters speak to each other – negative – cynical world view – John Dalmas protective of Lola → chivalric knight – “Black Mask” magazine – 1933-1937 – “Dime Detective” – 1937-1939 – hard-boiled detective fiction – 1841 → Edgar Allen Poe – 1887 → Sit Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) – escapist – unreal – tough detectives – corrupt policemen – similes – eyes as round stake – Waldo's death – like cement when he falls to his death – various neighbourhoods in L.A. – Santa Anna winds – atmosphere and meteorological – gives it literary quality, harsh realism (detective fiction)