Rare Raymond Chandler essay includes writing, office tips

Rare Raymond Chandler essay includes writing, office tips
Associated Press
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By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
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FILE - This 1946 file photo shows mystery novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler. “Advice to a Secretary,” a rarely seen sketch published this week in the spring issue of the literary quarterly The Strand, is a wry set of instructions for his assistant in the 1950s, Juanita Messick. (AP Photo, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Marlowe, the most self-reliant of fictional detectives, had no boss and no one to boss around. His creator, Raymond Chandler, needed some help.
“Advice to a Secretary,” a rarely seen essay published this week in the spring issue of the literary quarterly The Strand Magazine, is a wry set of instructions for his assistant in the 1950s, Juanita Messick. For Chandler, who had little family beyond his wife and few close friends, work was personal. His tone with Messick varied from indulgent employer to hapless spouse.

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