Carli’s was a small club at the end of a passage between a … - Raymond Chandler

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Carli’s was a small club at the end of a passage between a sporting-goods store and a circulating library. There was a grilled door and a man behind it who had given up trying to look as if it mattered who came in. (Smart-Aleck Kill)

Raymond Chandler

The Simple Art of Murder · September 12, 1988 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Raymond Thornton Chandler (23 July 1888 – 26 March 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter who specialized in the crime fiction genre.

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