{"product_id":"9780061227448","title":"The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring a period of twenty years—from his start as a young writer for H. L. Mencken’s classic pulp magazine \u003ci\u003eThe Black Mask\u003c\/i\u003e in the early 1930s, through the publication of his novels \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFarewell, My Lovely\u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Notebooks of Raymond Chandler\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intimate view of the writer at work, revealing early ideas, descriptions, and anecdotes that would later be used in \u003ci\u003eThe Long Goodbye, The Blue Dahlia\u003c\/i\u003e, and other classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with both public and private writings, \u003ci\u003eThe Notebooks of Raymond Chandler\u003c\/i\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007967183088,"sku":"9780061227448","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061227448_p0.jpg?v=1763769652","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061227448","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}