When you hear the name Raymond Chandler it may sound faintly familiar or simply not register. That’s understandable as this great American author belongs to a bygone age. However, from the 1930s to the 1950s Chandler created a fine selection of short stories and novels within the crime fiction genre. These were hard-boiled tales of […]
On this day, 26 March 1959, American crime novelist Raymond Chandler died. Here’s a look at his life and work. (This article was originally published in 2005 and appeared in the British magazine ‘Chapter and Verse’.) The Late Show You can picture the scene, a world-weary private detective, gun in hand, walks warily down a […]
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was the creator of Philip Marlowe, the iconic private detective. His work was a masterful display of hard-boiled fiction, set in a sleazy and seductive Los Angeles of the 1930s to 1950s. Often imitated, never bettered. Because I am a huge fan of Chandler’s work, I’d like to present some of his […]