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Language English Media type Print OCLC 35192346 Originally published 1962 Page count 272 Country United States of America | 4.2/5 Goodreads Publication date 1962 Pages 272 Dewey Decimal 813/.52 B 20 Genre Literary criticism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publishers Hamish Hamilton (UK), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (US) Similar Raymond Chandler books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raymond Chandler Speaking is a collection of excerpts from letters, notes, essays and an unfinished novel by the writer Raymond Chandler, compiled by Dorothy Gardiner and Kathrine Sorley Walker in 1962. The origins of the collection were contentious: after Chandler's death, his literary agent and lover, Helga Greene, and his private secretary, Jean Fracasse, entered into a legal battle over his estate, in which Greene prevailed.
Contents
The collection includes excerpts from letters by Chandler on various subjects, including literature, film, fellow writers and cats, and the following longer pieces (previously unpublished except as noted):
References
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