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> [The average detective story is probably no worse than the average novel, but you never see the average novel. It doesn't get published. The average -- or only slightly above average -- detective story does… Whereas the good novel is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-average-detective-story-is-probably-no-worse-than-the-average/)

[Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/)

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