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For this biography of Raymond Chandler, Hiney had access to previously unseen personal papers and also to unrecorded reminiscences by those who knew the writer well. In the light of new discoveries, a more raw, complex, twisted and brilliant Chandler emerges.
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"Sympathetic and gripping...After reading this fine biography, I could hardly wait to take yet another trip down those mean streets with the greatest private dick of them all" (Charles Spencer Sunday Telegraph)
"Carefully researched, enjoyable and enlightening...This is a book that should be read by everyone who admires fiction which has an individual voice, shines a torch into dark corners of the world and entertains the audience" (John Mortimer Mail on Sunday)
"Tom Hiney's biography does what any literary biography should do. It sends you back to the work" (John Harvey Independent)
"Reading this refreshing book, even for anyone not already an addict of Chandler novels...you end up mighty glad the man lived" (Frances Fyfield Express)
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"Carefully researched, enjoyable and enlightening...This is a book that should be read by everyone who admires fiction which has an individual voice, shines a torch into dark corners of the world and entertains the audience" (John Mortimer Mail on Sunday)
"Tom Hiney's biography does what any literary biography should do. It sends you back to the work" (John Harvey Independent)
"Reading this refreshing book, even for anyone not already an addict of Chandler novels...you end up mighty glad the man lived" (Frances Fyfield Express)
A fascinating biography of one of our greatest crime authors giving unique insights into Chandler's writing, his friendships with Ian Fleming and Somerset Maugham, and his relationship with his wife and other women
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0701163100
- ISBN 13 9780701163105
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages320
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