A Mysterious Something in the Light: The Life of Raymond Chandler Contributor(s): Williams, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 1613736789 ISBN-13: 9781613736784 Publisher: Chicago Review Press OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 384 pages |
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Publisher Description: The life of Raymond Chandler has long been obscured by secrets and half-truths as deceptive as anything in his novel The Long Goodbye. Now, drawing on new interviews, previously unpublished letters, and archives, Tom Williams casts a new light on this mysterious writer, a man troubled by loneliness and desertion. It was only during middle age, after his alcoholism wrecked a lucrative career as an oilman, that Chandler seriously turned to crime fiction. And his legacy--the lonely, ambiguous world of Philip Marlowe--endures, compelling generations of crime writers. In this long-awaited biography, Tom Williams shadows one of the true literary giants of the twentieth century and considers how crime writing was raised to the level of art. |