本书为钱德勒全部13部短篇小说结集。较之那些批量炮制、来钱容易的快手同行,这批创作于1933—1939年间、登载于通俗期刊的作品,钱德勒耗费其上的心血更多,耗时也更长,这位严谨细致的慢手因此并没有从中赚得更多。钱德勒以创作严肃文学的心态去对待这些“低俗、廉价”小说,甚至于在它们结集出版后仍修改不辍,旨在寻找“一种雅俗共赏的手法,既有一般人可以思考的程度,又能写出只有艺术小说才能产生的那种力量”。除此之外,钱德勒还另创作过8部短篇,均作为素材,融入了其后的3部长篇名作(《长眠不醒》《再见,宝贝》《湖底女人》)。而他生前是不允许这8部短篇发表的。因此本书所辑13部作品为真正意义上的钱德勒短篇小说全集,集中展现了钱德勒推理小说(亦即他所言“低俗”小说)百转千回、欲擒故纵、人性先于案情的叙事方式,其特有的冷峻硬汉与悲苦悱恻令人掩卷难忘。
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