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PublisherGROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated

ISBN-100802136370

ISBN-139780802136374

eBay Product ID (ePID)589462

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Book TitleRaymond Chandler : a Biography

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicDiaries & Journals, Mystery & Detective, Popular Culture, Literary

Publication Year1999

FeaturesReprint

GenreLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections

AuthorTom Hiney

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal813.5/2

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisA New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Raymond Chandler is an uncensored look at the tortured man who wrote the classic mystery novels The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. Using recently uncovered archival materials including personal papers and correspondence, biographer Thomas Hiney vividly evokes Chandler's early years in Nebraska, his education in England and on the corrupt streets of Los Angeles, and his later years as a novelist and screenwriter in the heyday of the Hollywood studio system. Along the way, he provides illuminating insights into the writer's inspirations and work - as well as accounts of Chandler's battles with alcohol addiction and his friendships with Howard Hawks, "Lucky" Luciano, S. J. Perelman, and Alfred Hitchcock. This book is also the first to fully detail the significance and complexities of his thirty-year marriage to Cissy, a woman seventeen years his senior. Raymond Chandler is personal portrait of an author as extraordinary as the fiction he created - a body of work that has sold more than five million copies, been translated into twenty-five languages, and inspired countless imitators. "A discerning portrait of the creator of Philip Marlowe, the archetypal American private eye." - Newsweek

LC Classification NumberPS3505.H3224