Near the bottom of a list of things crime fiction writer Raymond Chandler ... urged him to write “the book of [the] Hollywood-picture industry.” Los Angeles was Chandler’s terrain, as ...
Raymond Chandler was an author and a screenwriter. He is best known for his detective novels and their protagonist, the private detective Philip Marlowe. His writing style, combining psychology ...
Raymond Chandler’s America ... but our conversation quickly roamed to other topics: his art, what books he was reading, the many ways the East End has changed in recent years.
From Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled detective stories to Dr. Seuss’s whimsical children’s books, the region’s unique landscapes and history have inspired a wide range of literary works.