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Texte révisé suivi d'une biographie de Raymond Chandler. La Californie du sud des années '30 sert de toile de fond à "Adieu ma jolie", où la vie américaine se déroule à travers l'oeil du détective privé Philip Marlowe: "Un homme complet et un homme ordinaire, et pourtant un homme inhabituel", comme le décrit l'auteur dans son essai "L'Art tout simple d'assassiner". Marlowe est aussi le chevalier sans armure constamment confronté à la violence, au crime, au pouvoir de l'argent, à une police et à des politiciens souvent corrompus. Une ironie incisive, des dialogues percutants, un humour noir donnent à ce roman un ton et un style très original. Le goût du travail bien fait, l'art d'une poésie diffuse, la recherche d'une vérité cachée, font de Raymond Chandler le peintre créateur d'une époque et d'une société. "O.K., Marlowe, dis-je entre mes dents, t'es un type coriace. Six pieds d'acier trempé. 95 kilos à poil et débarbouillé, tout en muscles et pas du toc. T'es capable d'encaisser. Tu t'es fait sonner deux fois, étrangler une, écrabouiller la gueule à coups de crosse de revolver... enfin, de quoi faire tourner n'importe qui en bourrique. Après ça, on t'a filé assez de came dans la peau pour que tu te prennes pour une paire de souris valseuses du Japon. Et après ? En voilà une histoire ! C'est les petits ennuis du métier, du tout venant. Voyons un peu voir si t'es capable de faire quelque chose de vraiment coton, comme par exemple d'enfiler ton pantalon."

Nouvelle traduction. Préface inédite

Tough-minded and typically idiosyncratic, here is Chandler on Chandler, the mystery novel, writing, Hollywood, TV, publishing, cats, and famous crimes. This skillfully edited selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, The Poodle Springs Story, left unfinished at his death. Paul Skenazy has provided a new introduction for this edition as well as a new selected bibliography. --Publisher description.

Nouvelle édition en 2014

Nouvelle édition présentée par Gunnar Staalesen en 2016

The American author of detective fiction, Raymond Chandler created the private detective Philip Marlowe, characterised as a poor, yet honest upholder of ideals in an opportunistic and brutal world. In total, Chandler completed seven novels, all featuring Philip Marlowe as their hero, many of which were adapted for the silver screen as film noir classics. As a founder of the hard-boiled school of detective fiction, Chandler was lionised by critics and leading writers, including W. H. Auden, Evelyn Waugh and Ian Fleming, who admired his literary prose and pithy dialogue. Chandler's innovative approach helped redefine the private eye fiction genre, winning him the designation of the most lyrical of the major crime writers. This comprehensive eBook presents Chandler’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Chandler’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 7 novels, with individual contents tables * Features the unfinished novel, ‘The Poodle Springs Story’, appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories available in no other collection * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Includes Chandler’s rare poetry, his first published works – available in no other eBook * Rare essays and reviews * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: Chandler’s film scripts and the short story ‘English Summer’ cannot appear in this edition, due to copyright restrictions. CONTENTS: The Novels The Big Sleep (1939) Farewell, My Lovely (1940) The High Window (1942) The Lady in the Lake (1943) The Little Sister (1949) The Long Good-bye (1953) Playback (1958) The Poodle Springs Story (1962) The Short Stories The Short Stories of Raymond Chandler The Poetry The Poetry of Raymond Chandler The Non-Fiction Essays and Reviews Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

These papers brings together the correspondence and other previously uncollected writing of America's undisputed master of crime fiction and creator of the iconic private eye Phillip Marlowe, revealing aspects of the artist's powerful personality and broad intellectual curiosity. "For the Chandler fan, "The Raymond Chandler Papers" ... is a treasure-trove."--David Lehman, The "New York Times Book Review"

Twenty-five stories, long and short, remind readers again why Chandler's characters are among the most alluring and imitated in 20th-century fiction. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.