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He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor.

Raymond Chandler

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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Raymond Thornton Chandler
Head
Bent
Plexus
Hands
Floor
Snorted
Back
Gave
Nicely
Took
Spun
Room
Solar
Hold
Swing
Rooms
Spinning
Full
Swings

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