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Raymond chandler, born in chicago, illinois in 1888, was an oscarnominated screenwriter and author known for seminal detective novels like the big sleep and the long goodbye. Philip marlowe complete collection ebook by raymond chandler. Gratis scarica il lungo addio pdfepub gratis con immagini libri. A masterpiece of noir, raymond chandlers the big sleep helped to define a genre. You can read the big sleep over your coffee and cereal in the morning, switch to great expectations on your evening commute, and lull yourself to sleep with king lear. Raymond chandler 18881959 was an american novelist and screenwriter. Raymond chandler shares much else with hammett, besides having created a memorable character portrayed by humphrey bogart in a film noir classic.
Raymond chandler has 247 books on goodreads with 484961 ratings. Raymond chandler s most popular book is the big sleep. Raymond chandler is personal portrait of an author as extraordinary as the fiction he created a body of work that has sold more than five million copies, been translated into twentyfive languages, and inspired countless imitators. Interwoven throughout the text are more than one hundred pictures that reveal the psyche and world of raymond chandler. Brief historybiography raymond thornton chandler was born on july 23rd, 1888 and died on march 26th, 1959. Oldfashioned novels which now seem stilted and artificial to the point of burlesque did not appear that way to.
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