I love all the A.A. Fair novels. And Chandler too. Chandler was so envious of how Gardner could create plot after plot with ease; Gardner was in awe of the prose Chandler could write.
Now reading
Reading my Uncle Jack's ex-wife Bonnie's book (she'll always be my Aunt Bonnie.)
This is very weird, it's sort of like a Philip K. Dick book or some such. It's hard to believe it all happened or was real. But. . . the writing is good.