Raymond Chandler: A Biography by Tom Hiney
$12.00
Tom Hiney examines the life behind Philip Marlowe and the hard-boiled detective novels. The biography follows Raymond Chandler’s upbringing, business career, marriage and work in fiction and Hollywood, exploring the tensions that shaped both his writing and his personal life. Includes notes and an index.
- Author: Tom Hiney
- Publisher: Vintage
- Year: 1998
- Edition / printing: First Vintage printing1998; number line includes1. Originally published by Chatto & Windus1997.
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0099533510
- ISBN-13: 9780099533511
Condition: Cover has light rubbing and edge wear. Pages are age-toned, with a small spot on the copyright page.
Book details
- Title
- Raymond Chandler: A Biography
- Authors
- Tom Hiney
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paperback
- Edition
- First Vintage printing1998; number line includes1. Originally published by Chatto & Windus1997.
- Subjects
- NON FICTION, BIOGRAPHY, LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, RAYMOND CHANDLER, CRIME WRITING
- ISBN-13
- 9780099533511
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, BIOGRAPHY, NON-FICTION BOOKS
Type: NON FICTION
Category: BIOGRAPHY, BOOKS, CRIME WRITING, LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, LOC005, NON FICTION, RAYMOND CHANDLER, TOM HINEY
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