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Raymond Chandler Speaking
Raymond Chandler
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Description for Raymond Chandler Speaking
Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Tough-minded and typically idiosyncratic, here is Chandler on Chandler, the mystery novel, writing, Hollywood, TV, publishing, cats, and famous crimes. This skillfully edited selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story A Couple of Writers and the first chapters of Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, The Poodle Springs Story , left unfinished at his death. Paul Skenazy has provided a new introduction for this edition as well as a new selected bibliography.
Tough-minded and typically idiosyncratic, here is Chandler on Chandler, the mystery novel, writing, Hollywood, TV, publishing, cats, and famous crimes. This skillfully edited selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story A Couple of Writers and the first chapters of Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, The Poodle Springs Story , left unfinished at his death. Paul Skenazy has provided a new introduction for this edition as well as a new selected bibliography.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
275
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520208353
SKU
V9780520208353
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was born in Chicago but raised in London, returning to the U.S. to live in California in 1919. His first story, Blackmailers Don't Shoot, was published in 1933 and The Big Sleep, his first novel, in 1939.Paul Skenazy is the author of The New Wild West: The Urban Mysteries of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler ... Read more
Reviews for Raymond Chandler Speaking
Raymond Chandler Speaking offers us various unpublished pieces. . . and a large number of letters written to his publishers, agents, fellow writers and various friends. . . . Chandler's many admirers will find it a good value. Young writers chiefly concerned with the novel of action and violence should not miss it, for Chandler, at his best a master ... Read more