raymond chandler

     

This pulp author was past 50 when he wrote his first novel, "The Big Sleep"

Trivia about raymond chandler

  • He won in 1955 for his novel "The Long Goodbye"
  • "Farewell, My Lovely"
  • His "Poodle Springs", featuring Philip Marlowe, was completed by Robert B. Parker & published in 1989
  • Philip Marlowe
  • Robert D. Parker's "Poodle Springs" is based on this author's unfinished Philip Marlowe novel
  • William Faulkner was one of the adapters who struggled with the plot of this novelist's "The Big Sleep"
  • Blackmailer Arthur Geiger is murdered in this author's "The Big Sleep"
  • He created the private detective Philip Marlowe
  • Hello! He wrote "Farewell, My Lovely" & "The Long Goodbye"
  • He's the mystery writer seen here--not looking much like a private eye
  • All 7 of his novels featured detective Philip Marlowe
  • "Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine", he wrote in "The Long Goodbye"

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