Killer in the Rain by Raymond Chandler
It was in the pulp detective magazines of the 1930s that the author's definitive take on the hard-boiled detective story first appeared. This title includes stories that range from the well-thumbed pages of 'Black Mask' and 'Dime Detective Magazine', including 'The Man Who Liked Dogs', 'The Lady in the Lake' and 'Bay City Blues'.
Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude -- Erle Stanley Gardner
[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision -- Joyce Carol Oates * New York Review of Books *
Raymond Chandler is a master * New York Times *
Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence * Daily Telegraph *
Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . A great artist * The Boston Book Review *
[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision -- Joyce Carol Oates * New York Review of Books *
Raymond Chandler is a master * New York Times *
Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence * Daily Telegraph *
Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . A great artist * The Boston Book Review *
Best-known as the creator of the original private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 and died in 1959. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen, and he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241956311 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241956315 |
| Title | Killer in the Rain |
| Author | Raymond Chandler |
| Series | Phillip Marlowe |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 592 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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