“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.”
Farewell My Lovely
Rousseau said Robinson Crusoe was “the one book that teaches all that books can teach,” and as such should be applied directly to (male) children’s brains in order to develop strong character. We have a difference of opinion.
Philip Marlowe will teach you:
- how to keep your humanity even when it’s costly
- how to smack someone in the face with their own gun, and when
- what kind of liquor to keep in your desk drawer
- how to survive with a soft heart
- how to be lonely
- how to be funny even when you’re beaten to a pulp and shot full of drugs
- how to mock brainless macho pricks even when they’re beating you to a pulp and shooting you full of drugs
- which part of a California house you can’t put your foot through
- how to love a rotting city
- that worms are of both sexes and that any worm can love any other worm
- how to lose a tail
- how to make a gimlet
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