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Raymond Chandler proved that a gifted writer could occupy himself with genre fiction, but Chandler didn't have all that much gift left over — a serious theme would have left him short of analytical tools.
Between now and then there's too much gift shopping, gift giving, eggnog and "Auld Lang Syne" for distracted voters to travel the whole attraction-to-repulsion arc with him.
Raymond Chandler proved that a gifted writer could occupy himself with genre fiction, but Chandler didn't have all that much gift left over a serious theme would have left him short of analytical tools.
This is the unavoidable trajectory of much gift shopping, and so here's a piece of advice for the last-minute shopper: if the gift you're about to give is less than ideal, then leave it unwrapped.
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