Podcasts that mention 📚 The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

If anything, even, you know, John Fonte or Raymond Chandler books, which I'm, he knows all of that too.

Natasha discusses influences in film and mentions the works of Raymond Chandler, specifically referring to the Philip Marlowe series.

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He is also the instigator of several great movies, like 'The Big Sleep'.

Andrew Klavan refers to 'The Big Sleep' as an influential work in his journey to becoming a mystery writer.

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Well, the moment I became a mystery writer was when I read 'The Big Sleep'.

Andrew Klavan expresses that reading 'The Big Sleep' by Raymond Chandler was the pivotal moment when he decided to pursue a career as a mystery writer.

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And one of the great scenes in 'The Big Sleep' is when the detective is playing a chess game by himself—a solitary chess game—and he knocks over the board and says, 'This is not a game for knights!'

During the discussion, the speakers focus on 'The Big Sleep,' specifically a scene that portrays detective Philip Marlowe playing a solitary chess game and emphasizing the scene's deeper meaning.

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