The Raymond Chandler Papers
The Raymond Chandler Papers
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Summary
This collection of Chandler's letters, poetry and journalism includes a lost interview with the American gangster Lucky Luciano as well as Chandler's classic account of attending the 1948 Oscars ceremony. It also includes lively anecdotes of Hollywood and critical assessments of his fellow writers.
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The Raymond Chandler Papers by Raymond Chandler
This selection of Chandler's letters, poetry and journalism features previously unseen material, including a lost interview with the American gangster, Lucky Luciano, conducted in a Naples hotel in 1957, as well as Chandler's classic account of attending the 1948 Oscars ceremony. Chandler's letter writing is already famous and THE RAYMOND CHANDLER PAPERS contains many newly discovered letters showing Chandler at his funniest, saddest, and most brilliant. This ultimate collection of Chandler's non-fiction also features a biographical commentary by his biographer, Tom Hiney.
Raymond Thornton Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888, but moved to England with his family when he was twelve, where he attended Dulwich College, alma mater to some of the twentieth century's most renowned writers. Returning to America in 1912, he settled in California, worked in a number of jobs, and later married. It was during the Depression era that he seriously turned his hand to writing, and his first published story appeared in the pulp magazine Black Mask in 1933, followed six years later, when he was fifty, by his first novel, The Big Sleep. Chandler died in 1959, having established himself as the finest crime writer in America.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780241140369 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241140366 |
| Title | The Raymond Chandler Papers |
| Author | Raymond Chandler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |