Raymond Chandler: A Biography - Hardcover

Hiney, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871136902 ISBN 13: 9780871136909

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Drawing on never-before-seen personal papers and previously unrecorded remembrances of Chandler, a biographer portrays a man who was writer, oil executive, poet, recluse, charmer, gentleman, and alcoholic

About this title

Review:

"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)

Book Description:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0871136902
• ISBN 13: 9780871136909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310