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Cynical sleuth Philip Marlowe weds a wealthy heiress from the exclusive Poodle Springs only to find himself embroiled with the law, local gangsters and murder
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Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888. He was educated at Dulwich College, London and studied international law in France and Germany. He published a number of poems and essays in local papers and worked as a reporter, essayist, and book reviewer. After serving for the Canadian Army during World War I he became a bookkeeper and auditor for Dabney Oil Syndicate. In 1939 he published "The Big Sleep" to instant acclaim in Britain and the US, introducing the world to his iconic private eye, Philip Marlowe. With "Farewell My Lovely" and "The Long Goodbye," Chandler cemented his reputation as a giant of American popular culture and master of a style of detective fiction that would be widely admired and imitated. Chandler turned to screenwriting with "Double Indemnity." He continued to write for Hollywood during the heyday of the Hollywood studio system, receiving an Oscar nomination for "The Blue Dahlia." In 1946 Chandler received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for screenplay and in 1954 for novel writing. During the last year of his life he was made President of the Mystery Writers of America. He died from pneumonia in 1959. Robert B. Parker was an award-winning American author best known for his Spenser series of crime novels, but he also wrote many other works of fiction and nonfiction, including the Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall books and four Westerns. In 1977, Parker received an Edgar Award for Best Novel for "Promised Land," and in 2002 he was awarded an Edgar Grand Master Award for his whole body of work. He died in 2010, aged 77."
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- PublisherRandom House Value Pub
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0517074273
- ISBN 13 9780517074275
- BindingHardcover
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