>scores the highest among hundreds on the British civil service exam
>quits his comfy civil service job to write poetry
>lives in poverty writing poverty and reviews
>moves to the US alone at the age of 24
>works several random unfulfilling jobs
>works at an oil company for a decade and becomes rich
>gets fired due to alcoholism, flirting with secretaries and random suicide threats
>spends a year unemployed reading pulp magazines and teaching himself how to master the genre
>first story published at the age of 44
>first novel published aged 51
>establishes a unique style of writing which inspires various imitators
>becomes a master of the detective genre but despises being called a detective writer
>gets rich again writing screenplays
>drops out and becomes an alcoholic

Raymond Chandler? More like Raymond Chadler.

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>quits his comfy civil service job to write poetry
>lives in…