Chandler Raymond:
The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely; The High Window
Introduction by: DianeJohnson
Everyman's Library , 2002
Hardcover, 704 pages
Size: 212x137 mm
ISBN: 9780375415012
ISBN-10: 0375415017
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888 - 1959) Was The Master Practitioner Of American Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction. Although He Was Born In Chicago, Chandler Spent Most Of His Boyhood And Youth In England Where He Attended Dulwich College And Later Worked As A Freelance Journalist For "The Westminster Gazette" And "The Spectator," During World War I, Chandler Served In France With The First Division Of The Canadian Expeditionary Force, Transferring Later To The Royal Flying Corps (R. A. F.). In 1919 He Returned To The United States, Settling In California, Where He Eventually Became Director Of A Numbe
Diane Johnson
Diane Johnson, A Three-Time National Book Award Finalist (Most Recently In 1997 For Le Divorce), Is The Author Of Twelve Previous Books. She Divides Her Time Between San Francisco And Paris.
