THE GREATEST CHASE IN DETECTIVE FICTION
At Vroman’s in Pasadena, a great question from the audience prompted this riff about how fossil fuels — from coal to oil — are essential for a staple of crime stories, the high-speed chase.
DOGPILE ON RAYMOND CHANDLER
Just a small friendly dogpile, at Vroman’s. James Ellroy thinks Chandler can’t plot and I talk about his ten-year stint with the Dabney Oil Syndicate in L.A. between 1922 and 1932.
