Raymond Chandler: A Mysterious Something in the Light: A New Biog
Raymond Chandler: A Mysterious Something in the Light: A New Biog
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A major new biography of the writer who, more than any other, has defined modern crime fiction.
It was only during middle age, after his own alcoholism wrecked a lucrative career as an oilman, that Chandler seriously turned to crime fiction, although his success was to prove bittersweet. An obsessive attitude towards his craft, unrealised literary ambitions and a suicidal turn after Cissy´s death combined to prevent him from recapturing the verve of his earlier writing. However, his legacy - the lonely, ambiguous world of Philip Marlowe - endures, compelling generation after generation of crime writers to go down mean streets. In this long-awaited new biography, the most thorough and comprehensive yet written, Tom Williams shadows one of the twentieth century´s true literary giants and considers how crime was raised to the level of art.
It was only during middle age, after his own alcoholism wrecked a lucrative career as an oilman, that Chandler seriously turned to crime fiction, although his success was to prove bittersweet. An obsessive attitude towards his craft, unrealised literary ambitions and a suicidal turn after Cissy´s death combined to prevent him from recapturing the verve of his earlier writing. However, his legacy - the lonely, ambiguous world of Philip Marlowe - endures, compelling generation after generation of crime writers to go down mean streets. In this long-awaited new biography, the most thorough and comprehensive yet written, Tom Williams shadows one of the twentieth century´s true literary giants and considers how crime was raised to the level of art.
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