Having read all the Marlowe novels last year, pretty much back-to-back, they've more or less merged into one big meganovel in my head.
There's a definite theme of brittle, deeply screwed-up women emerging in Chandler's novels. It's hard to say whether this is part of the genre, part of the era, or part of Chandler.
I'm going to hazard a guess that it's a little of all three. Whilst they certainly are a theme in the Chandler novels, I'm hard-pressed to think of a noir or noir-inspired book that didn't feature one (among the many other stereotypes).
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Date: 2008-08-19 12:26 am (UTC)There's a definite theme of brittle, deeply screwed-up women emerging in Chandler's novels. It's hard to say whether this is part of the genre, part of the era, or part of Chandler.
I'm going to hazard a guess that it's a little of all three. Whilst they certainly are a theme in the Chandler novels, I'm hard-pressed to think of a noir or noir-inspired book that didn't feature one (among the many other stereotypes).