If a Raymond Chandler fan has read the seven Philip Marlowe novels, they’ll be happy to know they aren’t quite done yet. “Trouble is My
The Raymond Chandler collection “The Simple Art of Murder” (1950) starts with his erudite titular essay from 1944. One of the most famous analyses ever
Seven novels showed Philip Marlowe as a serial bachelor who resists marriage like it’s the plague, so at first blush, that should have us scratching
Hollywood’s loss becomes literature’s gain with “Playback” (1958), the last novel fully written by Raymond Chandler, who died in 1959. It seems odd for someone
Raymond Chandler makes what seems like a conscious reaction to “The Little Sister” (1949) – where everyone is mean and/or manipulative – in “The Long
Raymond Chandler returns from a six-year break between Philip Marlowe novels with his best-so-far analysis of how people aren’t always what they seem to be.
While it’s fair to say Raymond Chandler arrived as a groundbreaking hardboiled detective writer with his first novel, “The Big Sleep,” he’s still improving at
Raymond Chandler himself said his contribution to the hardboiled genre was style. That’s evident in “The Big Sleep,” which some say has an incomprehensible plot,
Having taken the baton from Dashiell Hammett for his first Philip Marlowe novel, “The Big Sleep” (1939), Raymond Chandler works on making his hardboiled private
“The Big Sleep” (1946) features Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe, five years after he played Sam Spade in “The Maltese Falcon.” Although in my review