The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler: And English Summer: A Gothic Romance

A collection of public and private writings by the late author of The Big Sleep and other classic crime novels provides a fascinating glimpse of the writer at work as it brings together early anecdotes, ideas, and descriptions that later appeared in his works, as well as his reflections on Hollywood, the mystery story, prison slang, and American and British writing. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.