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Main Author: Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Library of America, 1995.
Series:Library of America ; 80
Subjects:
Private investigators > California > Los Angeles > Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction.
Marlowe, Philip > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Mystery fiction. > California
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Physical Description:1076 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:1883011078
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Author Notes:Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 23, 1888. Before becoming a professional writer in 1933, he worked as a reporter, an accountant, bookkeeper, and auditor. He wrote several novels featuring private detective Philip Marlowe including The Big Sleep, The High Window, The Lady in the Lake, The Little Sister, and The Long Goodbye. In addition to novels and short stories, he wrote screenplays. He won two academy awards, for Double Indemnity (1944) and The Blue Dahlia (1946). He died on March 26, 1959.

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