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Raymond Chandler
(Raymond Thornton Chandler)
(1888 - 1959)Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American author of crime stories and novels of immense stylistic influence upon modern crime fiction, especially in the style of the writing and the attitudes now characteristic of the genre. His protagonist, Philip Marlowe, is synonymous with "private detective," along with Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade.
Awards: Edgar (1955) see all
Genres: Mystery
Series
Philip Marlowe
1. The Big Sleep (1939)
2. Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
3. The High Window (1942)
4. The Lady in the Lake (1943)
5. The Little Sister (1949)
6. The Long Goodbye (1953)
7. Playback (1958)
8. Trouble Is My Business (1939)
The Simple Art of Murder (1950)
continued in the series: Philip Marlowe
1. The Big Sleep (1939)
2. Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
3. The High Window (1942)
4. The Lady in the Lake (1943)
5. The Little Sister (1949)
6. The Long Goodbye (1953)
7. Playback (1958)
8. Trouble Is My Business (1939)
The Simple Art of Murder (1950)
continued in the series: Philip Marlowe
Collections
Five Murders (1944)
Five Sinister Characters (1945)
The Finger Man (1946)
Spanish Blood (1946)
Pearls Are a Nuisance (1953)
Smart-Aleck Kill (1953)
Killer in the Rain (1964)
The Smell of Fear (1965)
The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler (1977)
Five Sinister Characters (1945)
The Finger Man (1946)
Spanish Blood (1946)
Pearls Are a Nuisance (1953)
Smart-Aleck Kill (1953)
Killer in the Rain (1964)
The Smell of Fear (1965)
The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler (1977)
Novellas and Short Stories
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"He was spare, frugal, hard-boiled, but he did over and over again what only the best writers can ever do at all. He wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before."
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