Audiobooks Chandler Raymond - Philip Marlowe, Book 1-7 on DVD

Description: Результаты поискаAudiobooks Chandler Raymond - Philip Marlowe, Book 1-7 on DVD Year of release: 2015 Language: English Genre: Detective Duration: 06:16:58 +07:47:48 + 07:11:21 Audio codec: MP3 Audio bitrate: 64 kbps Description: Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888, but moved to England in 1895 with his Irish mother after she separated from her husband, an alcoholic engineer from an American railroad company. Their family began to be supported by Chandler's uncle, a successful lawyer. In 1900, Chandler received a classical education at Dulwich College in London. In 1907, he took English citizenship in order to enter the civil service. Soon after, he joined the British Admiralty. However, he did not like the civil service profession, Chandler quit and worked as a journalist for the Daily Express and Western Gazette. He did not achieve much success either as a journalist or as a poet (Chandler tried himself in romantic poetry at that time). In order to somehow earn a living, Chandler took up the pen again - but he did not write poetry, but detective stories for cheap magazines. The first story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in the magazine "Black Mask" in 1933; the first novel, "The Big Sleep", was published in 1939. After that, the novels "Farewell, My Love" (1940), "The High Window" (1942), "The Girl in the Lake" (1943) were published. On the wave of success, Chandler was invited to Hollywood as a screenwriter, where he co-authored the script for the film Double Indemnity (1944) with Billy Wilder. Later, he independently wrote the script for the film The Blue Dahlia (1946). Chandler also took part in creating the script for the film Strangers on a Train (1951) by Alfred Hitchcock. In 1954, the author's wife, Cissy Chandler, died. During the illness preceding her death, Chandler wrote the novel The Long Goodbye (1954). The loneliness that followed the death of his wife leads him to clinical depression, and he begins to drink heavily again, which affects the quality of his works. In 1955, he attempted suicide. In 1956, he again took US citizenship, after which he went on a trip to Europe. Returning home, in 1959 he fell ill with pneumonia and died in the hospital. Buried in San Diego Cemetery. The Big Sleep Book 1 The iconic first novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, featuring Philip Marlowe, the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times). A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in. Farewell, My Lovely Book 2 Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler’s second novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times). Philip Marlowe’s about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard. Book 3 Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler’s third novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times). A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune—the elements don’t quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation. “Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude.” Erle Stanley Gardner “Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement.” –The New York Times Farewell, My Lovely The Lady in the Lake Book 4 Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler’s fourth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times). In The Lady in the Lake, hardboiled crime fiction master Raymond Chandler brings us the story of a couple of missing wives—one a rich man’s and one a poor man’s—who have become the objects of Philip Marlowe’s investigation. One of them may have gotten a Mexican divorce and married a gigolo and the other may be dead. Marlowe’s not sure he cares about either one, but he’s not paid to care. The Little Sister Book 5 Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler’s fifth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times). In noir master Raymond Chandler’s The Little Sister, a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure private eye Philip Marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of Hollywood fame. Chandler’s first foray into the industry that dominates the company town that is Los Angeles. The Long Goodbye Book 6 Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler’s sixth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times). In noir master Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, whom he divorced and remarried and who ends up dead. And now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe. Playback Book 7 Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler’s final novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times). In noir master Raymond Chandler’s Playback, Philip Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he’s never heard of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but then decides he’d rather help out the redhead. She’s been acquitted of her alcoholic husband’s murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court’s word for it. “Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence:” — Ross Macdonald

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