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Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression.
Raymond Chandler was an American author of detective fiction, the creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe, whom he characterized as a poor but honest upholder of ideals in an opportunistic and sometimes brutal society in Los Angeles.
Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression.
Complete order of Raymond Chandler books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and lived in the US until he was seven, when his parents separated and his Anglo-Irish mother brought him to live near London; he was educated at Dulwich College from 1900.
Jul 23, 2021 · A tribute to the crime fiction master on his 133rd birthday, featuring some of his witty and memorable quotes from his novels. See how Chandler described Philip Marlowe, blonde women, California, and more in his distinctive style.
Raymond Chandler has 481 books on Goodreads with 703717 ratings. Raymond Chandler’s most popular book is The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1).
