I'm no paperback guru, but as it happens I bought the 1970s
Ballantine paperback of "Trouble Is My Business" all those
years ago, and I can confirm that there is a brief
introduction by Chandler that does include that phrase.
Stephen Burridge
On 7/29/06, JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Miker,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> "Thank you, Jim. It looks like I'm out of luck for
a
> while. My 1977 Ballantine copy of THE SIMPLE ART
OF
> MURDER starts with the essay. No intro. I'll keep
a
> look out for copies with the intro."
>
> I could be wrong, and paperback gurus like Bill may
be
> able to confirm or deny this, but I believe
that
> Ballantine divided TSAM into three different
volumes.
> TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS collected the four
Marlowe
> stories, "Finger Man," "Goldfish," "Red Wind,"
and
> "Trouble Is My Business." PICKUP ON NOON
STREET
> collected another four or five stories, including
the
> title entry. THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER collected
the
> remaining stories plus the TSAM essay. If
memory
> serves, it seems to me that the intro from
the
> hardback edition of TSAM, from which the
"darkness
> more than night" phrase is derived, was included
in
> the Ballantine edition of either TROUBLE IS
MY
> BUSINESS or PICKUP ON NOON STREET.
>
> And, of course, you can probably find a
complete
> hardback edition of TSAM at your public
library.
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