The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words by Chandler, Raymond

The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780804170482)

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The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words by Chandler, Raymond

The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words

$20.00
The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words by Chandler, Raymond

The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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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.


Author: Raymond Chandler
ISBN-10: 0804170487
ISBN-13: 9780804170482
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 11/10/2015
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/06/2015 pg. 84
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Barry Day was born in England and received his M.A. from Balliol College, Oxford. Day has written about Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde, Johnny Mercer, P. G. Wodehouse, and Rodgers and Hart. He has written and produced plays and musical revues showcasing the work of No? Coward, the Lunts, Oscar Wilde, and others. Day is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Trustee of the No? Coward Foundation and was awarded by Queen Elizabeth the Order of the British Empire for services to British culture in the U.S. He lives in New York, London, and Palm Beach.

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