# books / QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter - Richard Feynman

Feynman takes one of the most complicated theories and makes it make sense, right in front of you. His genius of simplicity is why he’s so well known, amazing.

The Big Sleep is about as dark and gritty as crime fiction gets. Chandler has a gift for painting rain-drenched, gloomy pictures of LA, and a knack for leaving the reader floating in uncertainty.

I first read The Big Sleep when I was at school, after a teacher compared a short story I had written to the style of this book. She was being rather generous, but I did enjoy the no-frills way that Chandler delivers the plot, in Marlowe’s dry witty voice. A glad re-read.