Happy news from the LA Times, which reports that Raymond Chandler will get his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He joins a select bunch of writers honoured by the movies in this way, including Ray Bradbury and Dr Seuss. But why wasn’t he there already? I’ve recently emerged from a Chandler reading streak – it had been far too long. In the introduction to my most recent re-read, The Lady in the Lake, Jonathan Kellerman sums up his appeal: “What keeps the reader turning pages are dead-eye observations of hypocrisy, self-delusion and evil, tormented characters about whose fate we come to … Continue reading Raymond Chandler Finally Gets a Hollywood Star