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A Reader's Guide to Raymond Chandler: by Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlowe was one of the characters who set the style for today's hard-boiled detective fiction.
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A Reader's Guide to Raymond Chandler: by Raymond Chandler
Features
Hardcover:
232 pages
; Dimensions (in inches): 0.88 x 9.56 x 6.42
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group; (May 30, 2001)
ISBN:
0313307679
About the Author
TOBY WIDDICOMBE is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Book Description
The author of such works as The Big Sleep (1939), Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Lady in the Lake (1943), and The Long Goodbye (1953), Raymond Chandler was one of the most popular mystery writers of his time. This reference is a detailed guide to his works. A chronology and brief biography overview his life, while a section on "Chandler's World" provides alphabetically arranged entries on characters and places in his 7 novels and 25 short stories, summaries of his works, and discussions of key topics in his writings. Appendices provide information about adaptations of his fiction, along with an extensive list of primary and secondary sources for further consultation.
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