Raymond Chandler, página 2 de 10

It was in the pulp detective magazines of the 1930s that Raymond Chandler's definitive take on the hard-boiled detective story first appeared. Here then, from the pages of the Black Mask and Dime Detective Magazine, are eight of his finest stories. Sharper than a hoodlum's switchblade, more exciting than an unexpected red-head and stronger than a double shot of whiskey, they are packed full of the punchy poetry and laconic wit that makes Chandler the undisputed master of his genre.

'Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph A classic Philip Marlowe adventure by Raymond Chandler, author of The Big Sleep and undisputed master of hard-boiled crimeDerace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he's denying nothing - on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe's on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of smoggy LA all the way to a murky mountain lake . . .'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony Burgess

Derace Kingsley''s wife ran away to Mexico to get a divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he''s denying nothing. Edicion especial para conmemorar el 50 aniversario de la muerte del autor.

Una moglie scomparsa, un marito preoccupato. E' la situazione da cui prende avvio la vicenda in cui Philip Marlowe, spedito alla ricerca della moglie, trova prima il cadavere di una donna, poi quello di un uomo, finisce in galera e riesce infine a ricomporre i pezzi di un mosaico intricato in cui figurano mariti infedeli, infermiere compiacenti, poliziotti corrotti e gli effetti di una passione fatale.

Considerada por algunos críticos como la mejor novela de Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), la indagación en la corrupción que supone" Adiós, muñeca" (1940) supuso un paso más para el autor en su personal interpretacion de las convenciones del genero negro. Si en" El sueño eterno" era un caso de chantaje el que servia para urdir la accion de Philip Marlowe, aqui sera la busqueda que emprende de su pequeña Velma, tras salir de la carcel, el singular gigante Moose Malloy (Incluso en Central Avenue, que no es la calle mas discreta del mundo en materia de vestimenta, pasaba tan inadvertido como una tarantula en un trozo de bizcocho) la que desencadene unsiniestro recorrido que desenmascara los resortes del poder en una ciudad en la que las leyes se hacen para los que pagan.Traduccion de Jose Luis Lopez Muñoz

Sullo sfondo di una California ricca e corrotta, pullulante anche di miserabili in attesa del colpo grosso, Philiph Marlowe viene sguinzagliato sulle tracce di un marito scomparso. Si inbatte in un ex carcerato, uscito di galera dopo otto anni di detenzione, e da lui viene incaricato di trovare la sua donna, anche lei scomparsa. Ne nasce una vicenda a tinte forti, condita di ricatti e violenza, lusso e una lunga catena di delitti. Un autentico capolavoro del genere 'hard boiled'. Dal romanzo sono stati tratti anche i film "L'ombra del passato" (1944), interpretato da Dick Powell, e "Marlowe, il poliziotto privato" (1975), con Robert Mitchum e Charlotte Rampling.

A movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure 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.

Publicada en 1939," El sueño eterno" supuso la fulgurante irrupción de Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) en el ámbito de la novela negra. Tomando como modelo en muchos aspectos a Dashiell Hammett, principalmente en la concepcion de esta clase de relatos como reflejo y critica de una sociedad mas que como propuesta de acertijo o enigma a resolver, Chandler inicio, con su apuesta por su detective Philip Marlowe y su inconfundible sentido del humor, una de las vetas mas ricas del genero. En" El sueño eterno" novela repleta de nervio y de ingeniosos dialogos es un caso de chantaje el que lleva a Marlowe a asomarse a las alcantarillas de una sociedad en apariencia esplendida.Traduccion de Jose Luis Lopez Muñoz

A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is as vague as the heat waves that dance above the sidewalk. The way business is looking, even a hunch is enough. Moose Malloy stands six five and one-half and weighs two hundred and sixty-four pounds, without his necktie. After eight years in the pen, he wants little Velma back, and no cops or mobsters are ready to stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough for the ride, but he can't help thinking - there's never been a happy ending to the story of beauty and the beast ...

The Lady in the Lake is a classic detective novel by the master of hard-boiled crime, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time.Derace Kingsleys wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, hes denying nothing - on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowes on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of smoggy LA all the way to a murky mountain lake . . .Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence Daily Telegraph One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain Sunday TimesChandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes Anthony Burgess

Todos los relatos de Raymond Chandler en un solo volumen.Las veintiséis narraciones que componen este volumen dan cuenta de los grandes personajes que surgieron de la pluma de Raymond Chandler, a veces fagocitados por la sombra del propio Marlowe, pues algunos editores decidieron cambiar indebidamente el nombre de los heroes por el del famoso detective privado.Para esta edicion, hemos recuperado las identidades originales que salieron de la mente de autor, ofreciendo de este modo una panoramica total de su amplio espectro creativo. Por esa misma razon, el libro incorpora sus incursiones en otros subgeneros como el relato fantastico, el literario y la novela gotica. Se suman asi veintiseis relatos que son veintiseis puertas de entrada perfectas para un universo donde el misterio y la crudeza, pero tambien el genio y la agudeza, pasean de la mano.Reseña:Chandler invento una nueva forma de hablar sobre Estados Unidos, y desde entonces ha logrado transformar nuestra mirada.Paul Auster