Famous authors · 20th century
Raymond Chandler
1888 to 1959 · American-British · Detective fiction, Crime fiction
What sets their writing apart: Study Chandler for voice and the hard-boiled sentence: simile, wisecrack and mood that carry a plot as much as the mystery does. A model for style as engine.
Notable works
- The Big Sleep (1939)
- Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
- The Lady in the Lake (1943)
- The Long Goodbye (1953)
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