Something More Than Night The Case of Raymond Chandler |
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Author:
| Wolfe, Peter |
ISBN: | 978-0-87972-294-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1985 |
Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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Imprint: | Popular Press |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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Raymond Chandler's eminence as a mystery writer is unchallenged. Somerset Maugham and George Grella both rate him above Dashiell Hammett; Eric Partridge deems him "a serious artist and a very considerable novelist," while praising him as "one of the finest novelists of his time." Peter Wolfe examines the many sides of Chandler and his work--his apparent will to self-destruct, his obsession with beautiful women, and his apparent brush with homosexuality--and casts much new and...
More DescriptionRaymond Chandler's eminence as a mystery writer is unchallenged. Somerset Maugham and George Grella both rate him above Dashiell Hammett; Eric Partridge deems him "a serious artist and a very considerable novelist," while praising him as "one of the finest novelists of his time." Peter Wolfe examines the many sides of Chandler and his work--his apparent will to self-destruct, his obsession with beautiful women, and his apparent brush with homosexuality--and casts much new and needed light on this major American author.