Reading Raymond Chandler and other mysteries
By Amy Sutherland Globe Correspondent,Updated April 28, 2021, 10:54 p.m.
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With his 10th book, âA Man Named Doll,â Jonathan Ames has gone all noir with the story of Happy Doll, an ex-cop who protects the young women at a Thai spa from over eager clients. That, of course, does not turn out to be so simple, and soon someone has a bullet in his gut. Amesâs previous novel, âYou Were Never Really Here,â was adapted into a film starring Joaquin Phoenix. Ames is also the creator of two television series, âBlunt Talkâ and HBOâs âBored to Death.â He lives in Hollywood near Raymond Chandlerâs old office.
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I spend a lot of time (emphasis on A LOT) thinking about, reading, watching, listening to true crime in many iterations. I also spend a lot of time thinking about and consuming sci-fi, fantasy, and horror media. Never has it occurred to me that there might be a correlation.
But then, I consider my deep fascination with Heaven’s Gate and equally deep love of Star Trek, because of the homage the cult paid to the franchise (when Heaven’s Gate members died by suicide, convinced that was their boarding pass onto the Hale-Bopp comet, they sported arm patches that read “Heaven’s Gate Away Team”).