{"product_id":"a-mysterious-something-in-the-tom-williams-9781613736784","title":"A Mysterious Something in the Light: The Life of Raymond Chandler","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe life of Raymond Chandler has long been obscured by secrets and half-truths as deceptive as anything in his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, drawing on new interviews, previously unpublished letters, and archives, Tom Williams casts a new light on this mysterious writer, a man troubled by loneliness and desertion. It was only during middle age, after his alcoholism wrecked a lucrative career as an oilman, that Chandler seriously turned to crime fiction. And his legacy--the lonely, ambiguous world of Philip Marlowe--endures, compelling generations of crime writers. In this long-awaited biography, Tom Williams shadows one of the true literary giants of the twentieth century and considers how crime writing was raised to the level of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1613736789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613736784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Tom Williams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125033038079,"sku":"9781613736784","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9daa97a5-3538-4143-803f-e7522bfafea9.jpg?v=1687440242","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-mysterious-something-in-the-tom-williams-9781613736784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}