Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir by Gene D. Phillips

Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir

Gene D. Phillips

352 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

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More than any other writer, Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) is responsible for raising detective stories from the level of pulp fiction to literature. Chandler's hard-boiled private eye Philip Marlowe set the standard for rough, brooding heroes who m...

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