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Down to the Marrow
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“Chandler did not write about crime, or detection - as he insisted he did not. He wrote about the corruption of the human spirit, using Philip Marlowe as his disapproving angel, and he knew about it, down to the marrow.”
-- George V. Higgins
Ah, just the way I like my prose - smooth and nasty.
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I liked Higgins' blurb so much that I did some quick googling and found this cutting thought of his about being a writer:
(Source: Wikipedia)
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“Chandler did not write about crime, or detection - as he insisted he did not. He wrote about the corruption of the human spirit, using Philip Marlowe as his disapproving angel, and he knew about it, down to the marrow.”
-- George V. Higgins
Ah, just the way I like my prose - smooth and nasty.
___ ___ ___
I liked Higgins' blurb so much that I did some quick googling and found this cutting thought of his about being a writer:
If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.Ouch! I wonder if blogging counts. Probably not. I suppose people have to care to part with some of their money for your lays and sighs. But whatever gets you through the day.
(Source: Wikipedia)