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The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved

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The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved

Raymond Chandler was one of the most original and enduring crime novelists of the twentieth century. Yet much of his pre-writing life, including his unconventional marriage, has remained shrouded in mystery. In this compelling, wholly original book, Judith Freeman sets out to solve the puzzle of who Chandler was and how he became the writer who would create in Philip Marlowe an icon of American culture.

Freeman uncovers vestiges of the Los Angeles that was terrain and inspiration for Chandlerâ€™s imagination, including the nearly two dozen apartments and houses the Chandlers moved into and out of over the course of two decades. She also uncovers the life of Cissy Pascal, the older, twice-divorced woman Chandler married in 1924, who would play an essential role in how he came to understand not only his female charactersâ€“and Marloweâ€™s relation to themâ€“but himself as well.

A revelation of a marriage that was a wellspring of need, illusion, and creativity, The Long Embrace provides us with a more complete picture of Raymond Chandlerâ€™s life and art than any we have had before.

Country	USA
Author	Judith Freeman
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780375423512
Edition	1
ISBN	0375423516
Label	Pantheon
Manufacturer	Pantheon
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	368
PublicationDate	2007-11-06
Publisher	Pantheon
ReleaseDate	2007-11-06
Studio	Pantheon

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