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245 12 a| A mysterious something in the lighth| [electronic resource] :b| the life of Raymond Chandler /c| Tom Williams.;

260 a| Chicago, Ill. :b| Chicago Review Press,;

300 a| xv, 368 p., [8] p. of plates :b| ill. ;c| 25 cm.;

500 a| "First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Aurum Press" --T.p. verso.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-360) and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "The life of Raymond Chandler has long been obscured by secrets and half-truths as deceptive as anything in his novel The Long Goodbye. Now, drawing on new interviews, previously unpublished letters, and archives on both sides of the Atlantic, Tom Williams casts a new light on this most mysterious of writers. Raymond is a man troubled by loneliness and desertion from an early age. Born in Chicago in 1888, his childhood was overshadowed by the collapse of his parents' marriage, his father's alcohol-fuelled violence eventually forcing the boy and his doting mother to leave for Ireland and later London. but class-bound England proved stifling, and Chandler, in his twenties and eager to forge a new life, returned to the US where--in corruption-ridden LA--he met his one great love, Cissy Pascal, a married woman eighteen years his senior. It was only during middle age, later his alcoholism wrecked a lucrative career an oilman, that Chandler seriously turned to crime fiction. And Philip Marlowe endures."--From publisher's description.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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650 0 a| Detective and mystery storiesx| Authorship.=| ^A201224;

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A mysterious something in the light the life of Raymond Chandler / Tom Williams.

Author/creator	Williams, Tom, 1981-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press,
Description	xv, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. Authors, American--20th century. --Biography. Detective and mystery stories--Authorship.

Contents	"My father was an alcoholic" -- "I was raised on Latin and Greek" -- "A man without a country" -- Welcome to Los Angeles -- Raymio -- Making a start -- A pulp writer -- Writing The big sleep -- "A few drops of Tabasco on the oyster" -- Hollywood -- "No job for amateurs" -- "The limitations of a popular art" -- "Subdued magic" -- "Sit with me while I dream".
Abstract	"The life of Raymond Chandler has long been obscured by secrets and half-truths as deceptive as anything in his novel The Long Goodbye. Now, drawing on new interviews, previously unpublished letters, and archives on both sides of the Atlantic, Tom Williams casts a new light on this most mysterious of writers. Raymond is a man troubled by loneliness and desertion from an early age. Born in Chicago in 1888, his childhood was overshadowed by the collapse of his parents' marriage, his father's alcohol-fuelled violence eventually forcing the boy and his doting mother to leave for Ireland and later London. but class-bound England proved stifling, and Chandler, in his twenties and eager to forge a new life, returned to the US where--in corruption-ridden LA--he met his one great love, Cissy Pascal, a married woman eighteen years his senior. It was only during middle age, later his alcoholism wrecked a lucrative career an oilman, that Chandler seriously turned to crime fiction. And Philip Marlowe endures."--From publisher's description.
General note	"First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Aurum Press" --T.p. verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-360) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013404716
ISBN	9781613748404
ISBN	161374840X

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