Raymond Chandler Speaking
First edition (UK)
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| Author | Raymond Chandler; edited by Dorothy Gardiner and Kathrine Sorley Walker |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary criticism |
| Publisher |
Hamish Hamilton (UK) Houghton Mifflin (US) |
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Publication date
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1962 |
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| Pages | 272 |
| OCLC | 35192346 |
| 813/.52 B 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3505.H3224 Z47 1997 |
Raymond Chandler Speaking is a collection of excerpts from letters, notes, essays and an unfinished novel by the writer Raymond Chandler, compiled by Dorothy Gardiner and Kathrine Sorley Walker in 1962. The origins of the collection were contentious: after Chandler's death, his literary agent and lover, Helga Greene, and his private secretary, Jean Fracasse, entered into a legal battle over his estate, in which Greene prevailed.
The collection includes excerpts from letters by Chandler on various subjects, including literature, film, fellow writers and cats, and the following longer pieces (previously unpublished except as noted):
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