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Show me a man or woman who cannot stand mysteries and I will show you a fool, a clever fool - perhaps - but a fool just the same.

Raymond Chandler

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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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Chicago
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Raymond Thornton Chandler
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A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)
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At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
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