<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=563321" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Marlowe Between the Lions</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Imagine reading between the lions? <br>I mean the two standing stony vigil outside<br>the Art Institute of Chicago on Michigan Avenue.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A novel by Raymond Chandler and paintings by <br>Edward Hopper are celebrated within -<br>laconic detective and barren cityscapes<br>set the theme of big city angst and anomie</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I checked through The Big Sleep - <br>*He sat behind a desk, a middle-aged plump<br>man with clear blue eyes<br>He puffed evenly and stared at me level-eyed, <br>a funny little hard guy <br>His neat well-kept face looked as if it had been shaved<br>within the hour<br>A small man in a big man's world<br>He looked ready for a fight*</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Look closely at Hopper's oils-<br>*Night Shadows* *Nighthawks*<br>*Night Windows* *Empty Room*</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then I lit a cigarette and downed a good slug<br>of booze. The 38 Special nested snugly in its<br>holster. That night I felt like a big tough guy<br>ready for a fight within the hour.<br>Sure, I got big baby blues<br>and a swinging dick<br>like Marlowe!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Pruchnicki">Michael Pruchnicki</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=563321" data-title="Marlowe Between the Lions de Michael Pruchnicki" data-description="Imagine reading between the lions? I mean the two standing stony vigil outside the Art Institute of Chicago on Michigan Avenue. A novel by Raymond Chandler and paintings by Edward Hopper are celebrated within - laconic detective and barren city..."></div> </div> </div>

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