Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reas…

Raymond Chandler
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Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse; and with the means at hand, not hand-wrought dueling pistols, curare and tropical fish. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Simple Art of Murder, p.19, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse; and with the means at hand, not hand-wrought dueling pistols, curare and tropical fish. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Simple Art of Murder, p.19, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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