The Raymond Chandler MEGAPACK®. Raymond Chandler
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- Издательство: Ingram(2020)
- ISBN: 9781479402649
- Язык: Английский
- Жанры: Зарубежные детективы
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Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888–1959) was an American novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age forty-four, Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, “Blackmailers Don’t Shoot,” was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. Some of Chandler’s novels are considered important literary works, and several are often considered masterpieces, including: Farewell, My Lovely (1940) and The Long Goodbye (1953), both included in this volume. All told, 13 stories and one essay on the art of mystery writing are included in this volume.<P> Included are:<P> SMART-ALECK KILL (1934)<BR> NEVADA GAS (1935)<BR> SPANISH BLOOD (1935)<BR> GUNS AT CYRANO’S (1936)<BR> NOON STREET NEMESIS (1936)<BR> THE KING IN YELLOW (1938)<BR> THE BIG SLEEP (1939)<BR> PEARLS ARE A NUISANCE (1939)<BR> FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (1940)<BR> THE HIGH WINDOW (1942)<BR> THE LADY IN THE LAKE (1943)<BR> THE LONG GOODBYE (1953)<BR> PLAYBACK (1958)<BR> THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER (1944)<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 190+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!
