Can we start one of these next (not this) weekend? The first three books can be The Big Sleep, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
What books would you guys like?
you can try, but it'll fade to nothing within a week.
>>7505526
True, the Big Sleep isn't really that good either. I mean I guess if you're into that sorta thing it is but it didnt really have me in suspense.
>>7505600
There are plenty of thrillers, but I wouldn't read Chandler for plot or tension, I read him for the prose and the humor. I mean, The Big Lebowski is more comedic, but otherwise it's a pretty good adaption of Marlowe.
>>7505507
That guy looks like one of my college professors.
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>>7505693
Billy Bob Thor ton?
>>7505622
I agree that Chandler is best read for the prose and atmosphere. Also the characters. Not in the sense of great character development, but just that his stories have a lot of oddball characters.
I think if you like Chandler and want something with a more satisfying and suspenseful plot, you should check out Ross MacDonald if you haven't already. His early Lew Archer stories are totally derivative of Chandler, but they are still great, and once he found his own style, I think he surpassed Chandler. More prolific and better mystery plots IMO.
>>7505507
OP, I like the idea. I think those are three good choices. I've already read Big Sleep and liked it a lot. It's not my favorite Chandler, but it's the obvious starting point. I own Postman, but haven't read it yet.
Future books suggestions I would make would be Jim Thompson. His books are fairly short but there are quite a few.
Also Hammett. Nightmare Town is a good story/novella.
And also James Crumley. He's more recent, but he's one of my favorite authors
>>7506075
I think Jim Thompson (whom Stanley Kubrick was very fond of and had write the screenplay for The Killing) or Cornell Woolrich (who wrote Rear Window), are the noir writers I'd go to for thrillers.
Haven't read Ross McDonald, but I'll check him out.
Some of Jim Thomspon's work (remarkably, his greatest work, the Killer Inside was a shitty movie) was also adapted into great film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aSj4uiR90
>>7506097
I've read a lot of Thompson.
Have you seen After Dark, My Sweet? It's a criminally underrated adaption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SZr7z8Pwrw
I haven't read Nightmare Town, but I'll put it on the list.
>>7506189
Yeah, they are, especially since they aren't black comedies (such as American Psycho is). They can be very uncomfortable reads.
