A famously late bloomer, Raymond Chandler swapped jobs and apartments on an almost annual basis before becoming a detective writer during the height of the Depression. No one seems to have profited more from his time here than Esotouric, a bus tour company that offers not one but two romps through Chandler's Los Angeles, which he once said had "all the personality of a paper cup." This Monday, the literary opportunists offer their second quarterly salon at Musso & Frank, "Down These Mean Streets: Raymond Chandler's Underworld." Join John... More >>>