Raymond Chandler
Author
Series
Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Formats
Description
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.
In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends...
In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Raymond Chandler Papers brings together the correspondence and other previously uncollected writing of America's undisputed master of crime fiction and creator of the iconic private eye Phillip Marlowe, revealing all aspects of the great artist's powerful personality and broad intellectual curiosity. Featuring a selection of Chandler's previously unpublished early writings including a gripping piece about his combat experiences in World War I...
3) Red Wind
Author
Series
Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Before there was Philip Marlowe, there was John Dalmas. This 1946 short story is a classic Raymond Chandler mystery.
Author
Series
Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
These two classic novels featuring private eye Philip Marlowe made Raymond Chandler's name synonymous with America's hard-boiled school of crime fiction. The Big Sleep was an instant success when first published in 1939. It centers around a paralyzed California millionaire with two psychopathic daughters; he involves Marlowe in a case of blackmail that turns into murder.
Farewell My Lovely, which Chandler regarded as his
Author
Series
Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles, California and is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing one another and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the final pages...
Author
Series
Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chandler's 5th novel has Philip Marlowe going to Hollywood as he explores the underworld of glitter capital, trying to find a sweet young thing's missing brother.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Philip Marlowe navigates the underworld of the Los Angeles gambling circuit while investigating the disappearance of a beautiful nightclub girl. Written at the height of the author's creative career, this novel, with its crooked cops, ex-cons and deadly, seductive women, is a masterpiece of the genre Chandler is credited with creating. Farewell, My Lovely is Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring his archetypal private eye.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 79
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1199 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 80
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
1076 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
13) Poodle Springs
Author
Series
Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
268 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Philip Marlowe marries a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settle down. But old habits die hard, and Marlowe soon is back in business, enmeshed in a case involving pornography, bigamy, and murder.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Two-disc special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (204 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train. Haines doesn't take the plan seriously, however, until his wife is suddenly murdered, and Anthony appears to demand that Haines keep his part of the bargain.
19) The big sleep
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (230 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues and the spoiled rich.
20) Murder, my sweet
Series
Film noir classic collection volume 3
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A down-on-his-luck private detective searches for an ex-convict's missing girlfriend and finds himself in a dark world of mayhem and murder.