This book falls into that group of media where when you read it for the first time in the modern age you see a lot of cliches, but that is probably because it is responsible for establishing a lot of those cliches. It felt quintessential hard boiled detective to me, including some of the more poorly aged elements, like the treatment of the gay character and women, but looking past those sigh worthy moments I thought it was a lot of fun.
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This book falls into that group of media where when you read it for the first time in the modern age you see a lot of cliches, but that is probably because it is responsible for establishing a lot of those cliches. It felt quintessential hard boiled detective to me, including some of the more poorly aged elements, like the treatment of the gay character and women, but looking past those sigh worthy moments I thought it was a lot of fun.