# Raymond Chandler write a book about Michael Jackson?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590 "2005-01-19T18:50:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590/21 "2005-01-20T09:53:56Z")
He’s also screwed up the quote in the title: Not all that tempts your wand’ring eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all, that glisters, gold. Thomas Gray, from **Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat** I _hate_ it when people misquote that, or worse still attribute it to Shakespeare. On the subject of Michael Jackson, he gets about a bit: he’s also commanding the British forces in Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590/22 "2005-01-20T15:12:26Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Oh, and **Eve**? [Shrunk any heads lately?](http://www.eve-golden.net/)😉 You’ll note “My Evil Twin” and I link our web sites! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590/23 "2005-01-20T15:21:52Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > You’ll note “My Evil Twin” and I link our web sites! And from reading her description, I’d swear you two are indeed twins! ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590/24 "2005-01-21T02:56:48Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > I _hate_ it when people misquote that, or worse still attribute it to Shakespeare. “All that glisters is not gold.” — Shakespeare, _[The Merchant of Venice](http://www.allshakespeare.com/quotes/291)_ (II, vii), 150 years before Thomas Gray’s poem. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590/25 "2005-01-21T05:17:36Z")
It’s not impossibly shocking; Nathanael West wrote a [book](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0451523482/qid=1106284996/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-9476329-7379108?v=glance&s=books) about Homer Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590/26 "2005-01-21T10:37:03Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > “All that glisters is not gold.” > > — Shakespeare, _[The Merchant of Venice](http://www.allshakespeare.com/quotes/291)_ (II, vii), 150 years before Thomas Gray’s poem. I hate being wrong even worse. Serves me right for relying on the Oxford Dictionary Of Quotations, which lists Gray but not Shakespeare. ---
**Author:** ![violacrane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@violacrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/violacrane)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590/27 "2005-01-26T04:31:08Z")
This _Raymond Chandler_ is the uncle of _Jordie Chandler_, which would explain his attachment to the surname. I’ve just watched the Channel 4 documentary featuring Chandler, which was interesting to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![violacrane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@violacrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/violacrane)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590/28 "2005-01-26T04:32:55Z")
> [@violacrane](#): > > This _Raymond Chandler_ is the uncle of _Jordie Chandler_, which would explain his attachment to the surname. I’ve just watched the Channel 4 documentary featuring Chandler, which was interesting to say the least. That’s the Channel 4 documentary **Michael Jackson’s Boys**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raymond-chandler-write-a-book-about-michael-jackson/285590.md?page=1)