{"product_id":"the-notebooks-of-raymond-chandler-and-english-summer-a-gothic-romance-9780061227448","title":"The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler: And English Summer: A Gothic Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring a period of twenty years--from his start as a young writer for H. L. Mencken's classic pulp magazine \u003cem\u003eThe Black Mask\u003c\/em\u003e in the early 1930s, through the publication of his novels \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFarewell, My Lovely\u003c\/em\u003e, to his career as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1940s--Raymond Chandler kept a series of private notebooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from those journals, \u003cem\u003eThe Notebooks of Raymond Chandler\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intimate view of the writer at work, revealing early ideas, descriptions, and anecdotes that would later be used in \u003cem\u003eThe Long Goodbye, The Blue Dahlia\u003c\/em\u003e, and other classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with both public and private writings, \u003cem\u003eThe Notebooks of Raymond Chandler\u003c\/em\u003e includes \"Marlowesque\" particulars such as pickpocket lingo, San Quentin jailhouse slang, a \"Note on the Tommygun,\" and musings on \"Craps.\" Here, too, are surprising, lesser known essays on Hollywood, the mystery story, British and American writing, and a wicked parody of Hemingway. This sampler--by turns whimsical, provocative, irreverent, and fascinating--also contains a list of possible story titles; \"Chandlerisms;\" and his short work \"English Summer: A Gothic Romance,\" which the writer viewed as a turning point in his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061227448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.18w x 0.34d","brand":"Raymond Chandler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924779831477,"sku":"9780061227448","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_76e49a31-8d8b-47c5-8a06-86775aba9e2e.jpg?v=1687838158","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-notebooks-of-raymond-chandler-and-english-summer-a-gothic-romance-9780061227448","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}