He works in this world that's really awful and corrupt, and yet, he's always looking for something redeeming in it. Like, what about that story, the way it was written, made you fall in love with it?ĬHA: Philip Marlowe is this idealist, you know? That, I think, is what makes him an interesting character to me. And I think for that reason, it has a really strong, lasting resonance for me.ĬHANG: Yeah. The husband is an alcoholic writer, much like Raymond Chandler was himself, as well as a drinking buddy of Philip Marlowe's who he ends up liking and trusting, you know, which is something that he doesn't really do in his other books, you know? So I think of this one as the one where Philip Marlowe gets his heart broken.
He involves himself with a married couple with a lot of problems. What is it about?ĬHA: We find Philip Marlowe, who's a private investigator - he's kind of the quintessential LA private eye, you know, definitive of the LA noir genre. I have never read "The Long Goodbye," but I can't wait to hear you talk about it. So, you know, like, the idea for this whole series we're doing is to take a closer look at all the books that authors always find themselves returning to. Hey, Steph.ĬHA: I'm so happy to be here talking about Raymond Chandler.ĬHANG: So awesome to have you here. Here to tell us more about why this crime fiction classic stays with her and how it inspired her own work is Steph Cha. That book was inspired in part by the crime novel, and nobody holds higher court in that genre than Raymond Chandler, who's the author of "The Big Sleep" and who also wrote one of Steph Cha's favorite novels, "The Long Goodbye."
Author Steph Cha published "Your House Will Pay" in 2019.
Today, we're talking to one of our favorite novelists about one of their all-time favorite books.
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