Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler

Chandler writes] like a slumming angel and invest s] the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence. --Ross MacDonald

Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement. --The New York Times

When private detective Philip Marlowe's latest client, Orfamay Quest, hires him to find her missing brother for the paltry sum of twenty dollars, Marlowe discovers that it's far from a simple missing persons case. Not when it involves mobsters, blackmail, beautiful women . . . and murders.

Raymond Chandler's vintage Hollywood thriller The Little Sister was first published in 1949. Now Philip Marlowe comes to life in a first-ever, full-color graphic adapation of this classic noir detective story.

Raymond Chandler's first Philip Marlowe novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. It was followed by Farewell, My Lovely; The High Window; The Lady in the Lake; The Little Sister; The Long Goodbye; and Playback. Chandler died in California in 1959.

Michael Lark, the illustrator for theis volume of The Little Sister, first gained notice for his Airwaves and Taken Under comic book series. His most recent collaboration has been with Dean Motter on Terminal City, a critically acclaimed limited series for DC's Vertigo Comics imprint.

Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888-1959) es el gran maestro de la novela negra americana. Nacio en Chicago, pero paso la mayor parte de su infancia y juventud en Inglaterra, donde estudio en el Dulwich College y acabo trabajando como periodista freelance en The Westminster Gazette y The Spectator. Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, se alisto en la Primera Division Canadiense, que servia en Francia, y mas adelante entro a formar parte de la Royal Air Force (RAF). En 1919 regreso a Estados Unidos y se instalo en California, donde ejercio como directivo de varias companias petroleras independientes. Sin embargo, la Gran Depresion termino con su carrera en dicho sector en 1933.

Chandler tenia cuarenta y cinco anos cuando empezo a escribir relatos detectivescos para revistas baratas de genero negro, mas conocidas como pulps: Black Mask y Dime Detective. Sus novelas destacan por el realismo duro y la mirada social critica. En El sueno eterno (1939), su primera novela, presento en sociedad al impetuoso pero noble Philip Marlowe. Pronto la siguieron Adios, muneca (1940), La ventana alta (1942), La dama del lago (1943), La hermana menor (1949), El largo adios (1953) y Playback (1958).

Mantuvo una relacion estrecha y turbulenta con Hollywood, que llevo sus novelas a la gran pantalla y para cuya industria cinematografica trabajo de guionista entre 1943 y 1950. En 1958 fue elegido presidente de la organizacion Mystery Writers of America. Murio en La Jolla, California, el 26 de marzo de 1959.

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ISBN 13	9781596875357
ISBN 10	1596875356
Title	Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, The Little Sister
Author	Raymond Chandler
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	iBooks
Year published	2017-01-07
Number of pages	138
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.