The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

“You’re broke, eh?” “I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.” This is the novel that penned the hardboiled genre, giving greatness to short, snappy sentences and tough anti-heroes. What this is not, however, is a noir novel. One is defined by the terse sentence structure, the tarter…

Sandman Slim: A Novel by Richard Kadrey

“’I guess I’d be bitter, too, if I saw all my friends turn into gods while I was still the bum on the corner, hoping they’d throw me a nickel.’ ‘See? It’s that asshole thing that’s going to get you killed soon.’ ‘Did I hurt your feelings again? Sorry. When this is over, I’ll send…