{"product_id":"the-notebooks-of-raymond-chandler-and-english-summer-a-gothic-romance-9780061227448","title":"The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler: And English Summer: A Gothic Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring a period of twenty years--from his start as a young writer for H. L. Mencken's classic pulp magazine \u003cem\u003eThe Black Mask\u003c\/em\u003e in the early 1930s, through the publication of his novels \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFarewell, My Lovely\u003c\/em\u003e, to his career as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1940s--Raymond Chandler kept a series of private notebooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from those journals, \u003cem\u003eThe Notebooks of Raymond Chandler\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intimate view of the writer at work, revealing early ideas, descriptions, and anecdotes that would later be used in \u003cem\u003eThe Long Goodbye, The Blue Dahlia\u003c\/em\u003e, and other classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with both public and private writings, \u003cem\u003eThe Notebooks of Raymond Chandler\u003c\/em\u003e includes \"Marlowesque\" particulars such as pickpocket lingo, San Quentin jailhouse slang, a \"Note on the Tommygun,\" and musings on \"Craps.\" Here, too, are surprising, lesser known essays on Hollywood, the mystery story, British and American writing, and a wicked parody of Hemingway. This sampler--by turns whimsical, provocative, irreverent, and fascinating--also contains a list of possible story titles; \"Chandlerisms;\" and his short work \"English Summer: A Gothic Romance,\" which the writer viewed as a turning point in his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Chandler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.18w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061227448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChandler, Raymond:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Chandler (1888-1959) was best known as the creator of fictional detective Philip Marlowe. One of the most influential American authors of crime novels and stories, his books were considered classics of the genre, and many of them were turned into enormously popular Hollywood films, including \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43088147677299,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ba11680c-0840-4c97-b650-c63e9ffaaea9.jpg?v=1748973109","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-notebooks-of-raymond-chandler-and-english-summer-a-gothic-romance-9780061227448","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}