42 pages 1 hour read

Raymond Chandler

Trouble Is My Business

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1934

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Essay Topics

1.

Philip Marlowe is the only recurring character in each of the stories in Trouble Is My Business. What consistent traits carry through from one story to the next? Write a character sketch. 

2.

In “Red Wind,” the weather provides the impetus for a number of strange, random events. How do they all connect by the end of the story? 

3.

How does the recurring motif of liquor forward the themes of “Trouble Is My Business?” 

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