"I'm fiending for some cosmic horror, guys. Is Lovecraft any good?"

>>24965956
had to drive me' dogs down to fl recently and picked him for some easy all nighter sloppa to pass the time/stay awake.

its shit.

for a lot of reasons but to be brief, this is how most of his scenes go

>MC enters scene
>"Oh you're looking for Miss (x)? She's..."
>17 year old girl enters stage left
>"IM A HUGE WHORE"
>falls into mcs arms
>(close up, face to face) "Listen doll, i don't have time for love, im a detective, detectives dont have time for love!"
>throws her onto the ground
>walks away
>"I DIDNT WANT TO FUCK YOU ANYWAY OLD MAN!"
>(10 pages on how he definitely doesn't want to have sex with her)
>(action resumes) (10 seconds have passed)"NO WAIT COME BACK I LOVE YOU!" (ugly crying)
>kisses him forcefully
>draws gun
>"ha ha ha you stupid man, you thought you had me wrapped around your finger, but it was me the whole time!"
>mc overpowers her
>sooby doo "and i would have gotten away with it too..." paraphrase
>FIN

>>24965956
So good. His use of apostrophes is A-tier

>>24965956
Chandler's very good. Read some Hammett and Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer series. They all have that noirish vibe. Cheap noir: try some David Goodis. Goodis made it into Library of America too, along with the rest of the others mentioned here. Go figure.

>>24965956
I've only read "The Long Goodbye" and "Red Wind" (a short story), They are among the best novel and short stories I've ever read.
"The Long Goodbye," I'd say is the 3rd best novel I've ever read.

>>24965956
I'm afraid The Long Goodbye is far tood good to fill your desire for cheap noir. It's one of the best novels ever written, probably the best detective novel.

>>24966222
And the first two?

>book is short enough to read in an afternoon
>hmm maybe I should consult some retards online to see if this book is any good!
npc, just read the fucking book.