Chandlerish

English Etymology From en Chandler ish, after writer Raymond Chandler. Adjective Resembling the work of author Raymond Chandler in style or theme en 1973 The New York Times biographical service 4 New York Times & Arno Press http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QNo1AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Chandlerish%22&dq=%22Chandlerish%22&hl=en&ei=zkEUTcfnOY75ccK07eYK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA 1518 Polanski has been completing with the writer Robert Towne the script for his new movie, a Chandlerish detective story of the thirties, "Chinatown" en Billboard 104 33 15 Aug 1992 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HhIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=%22Chandlerish%22&hl=en&ei=zUMUTbvKAsLzcaSSyIoK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22Chandlerish%22&f=false 57 Broadbent's smoky, sultry originals "The Long Goodbye" and "Lady In The Lake" uphold the album's Chandlerish spirit. 1997 The BFI companion to crime, Volume 1997, Part 2, University of California Press, p44 These include Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli’s Batman: Year One (19867) [sic] which covers Bruce Wayne’s (and Jim Gordon’s) first weeks on the streets, in a Chandlerish tale of crooked cops and a rotten city en eponyms