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A mysterious something in the light : the life of Raymond Chandler /

The life of Raymond Chandler has long been obscured by secrets and half-truths as deceptive as anything in his novel The Long Goodbye. Now, drawing on new interviews, previously unpublished letters, and archives on both sides of the Atlantic, Tom Williams casts a new light on this most mysterious of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Tom, 1981-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Front Cover; Front Flap; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1: "My Father Was an Alcoholic"; Chapter 2: "I Was Raised on Latin and Greek"; Chapter 3: "A Man Without a Country"; Chapter 4: Welcome to Los Angeles; Chapter 5: Raymio; Chapter 6: Making a Start; Chapter 7: A Pulp Writer; Chapter 8: Writing The Big Sleep; Chapter 9: "A Few Drops of Tabasco on the Oyster"; Chapter 10: Hollywood; Chapter 11: "No Job for Amateurs"; Chapter 12: "The Limitations of a Popular Art"; Chapter 13: "Subdued Magic"; Chapter 14: "Sit with Me While I Dream." 
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