Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler

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Random House Publishing Group, 1987 - Literary Criticism - 501 pages

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Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler
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About the author (1987)

Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 23, 1888. Before becoming a professional writer in 1933, he worked as a reporter, an accountant, bookkeeper, and auditor. He wrote several novels featuring private detective Philip Marlowe including The Big Sleep, The High Window, The Lady in the Lake, The Little Sister, and The Long Goodbye. In addition to novels and short stories, he wrote screenplays. He won two academy awards, for Double Indemnity (1944) and The Blue Dahlia (1946). He died on March 26, 1959.

Bibliographic information

TitleSelected Letters of Raymond Chandler
AuthorRaymond Chandler
EditorFrank MacShane
Editionreprint
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group, 1987
ISBN0385295316, 9780385295314
Length501 pages
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Literary Criticism / Mystery & Detective
  
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