Raymond Chandler was many things before his protagonist detective Philip Marlowe entered the public consciousness.He worked in the navy.He was a reporter.He was a poet.He worked for an oil company.He was good at some things but far from a influence in the broad fields of his different endeavors.Eventually, out of money during the Great Depression, he decided to write some pulp fiction to stay afloat.
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