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16%OFFRaymond Chandler - Killer in the Rain - 9780241956311 - 9780241956311
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Killer in the Rain

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Description for Killer in the Rain paperback. It was in the pulp detective magazines of the 1930s that the author's definitive take on the hard-boiled detective story first appeared. This title includes stories that range from the well-thumbed pages of 'Black Mask' and 'Dime Detective Magazine', including 'The Man Who Liked Dogs', 'The Lady in the Lake' and 'Bay City Blues'. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 422.
From the creased pages of 1930s pulp magazines Black Mask and Dime Detective come eight of Raymond Chandler's finest short stories: KILLER IN THE RAIN, THE MAN WHO LIKED DOGS, THE CURTAIN, TRY THE GIRL, MANDARIN'S JADE, BAY CITY BLUES, THE LADY IN THE LAKE and NO CRIME IN THE MOUNTAINS Set against a Southern Californian backdrop, the stories are rich with suspense, violence and tragedy, and each comes laced with booze, bullets and a detective with an eye for a damsel in distress and an even keener eye for justice . . . ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241956311
SKU
9780241956311
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Raymond Chandler
Best-known as the creator of the original private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 and died in 1959. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen, and he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction.

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