The World of Raymond Chandler In His Own Words
The World of Raymond Chandler shows how Chandler precariously balanced the values of a classical English education against those of a fast-evolving America during the years before the Great War; how he adopted Los Angeles as his home after WWI, with Hollywood in turn adopting him (and adapting his works); how his detective hero and alter ego Philip Marlowe evolved over the years; and, above all, what it is to be a writer, and in particular one writing in the “other language” of hardboiled fiction.
Acclaimed biographer and historian Barry Day deftly interweaves images and text, using quotations from Chandler’s novels, short stories, letters, and interviews, to craft a unique portrait of the mystery writer’s life and times.
Biography & AutobiographyLiterary FiguresLiterary CriticismMystery & DetectiveHistoryUnited States
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
LENGTH272
LANGUAGEEN
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American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
The World of Raymond Chandler In His Own Words
The World of Raymond Chandler shows how Chandler precariously balanced the values of a classical English education against those of a fast-evolving America during the years before the Great War; how he adopted Los Angeles as his home after WWI, with Hollywood in turn adopting him (and adapting his works); how his detective hero and alter ego Philip Marlowe evolved over the years; and, above all, what it is to be a writer, and in particular one writing in the “other language” of hardboiled fiction.
Acclaimed biographer and historian Barry Day deftly interweaves images and text, using quotations from Chandler’s novels, short stories, letters, and interviews, to craft a unique portrait of the mystery writer’s life and times.
Biography & AutobiographyLiterary FiguresLiterary CriticismMystery & DetectiveHistoryUnited States20th Century
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
LENGTH272
LANGUAGEEN
American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
