I picked up this Dashiell Hammett book called Dead Yellow Women, despite it's terrible title because it had a map of San Francisco on the back and I was feeling a bit homesick. Also I was hoping the title was ironic or something? It's not, it's just straight up racist. I hate reading racist stuff, particularly from writers I like. It's like watching an old movie you liked as a kid and realizing it's full of casual racism. Like, Oh great, that Asian kid from Goonies is just a terrible, terrible stereotype and now I hate myself because I didn't notice it before. I wouldn't recommend it - it's a convoluted mystery that mostly takes place in San Francisco's Chinatown and is really, really dated.
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