Trouble is My Business - Chandler, Raymond
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In the first of the four cases in "Trouble is My Business", LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses and cops and he's taken pity on the girl. There's nothing like making trouble of your business ...The four novellas collected here are quintessential Raymond Chandler: slick, crystal-clear writing that pins the reader to the seat and won't let go until the last page is turned.

Produktbeschreibung
In the first of the four cases in "Trouble is My Business", LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses and cops and he's taken pity on the girl. There's nothing like making trouble of your business ...The four novellas collected here are quintessential Raymond Chandler: slick, crystal-clear writing that pins the reader to the seat and won't let go until the last page is turned.
Autorenporträt
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) begann seine Schriftstellerlaufbahn 1908 in London als "Dichter", entschloß sich dann aber, lieber ein guter Krimi- und Drehbuchautor in Hollywood als ein mittelmäßiger Poet zu werden. In seinen "detective stories" und Kriminalromanen setzte Chandler durch sein hochentwickeltes Formbewußtsein und das beständige Feilen an Stil, Dialog und Charakterzeichnung Maßstäbe. So formte sich bei ihm, in seiner sarkastisch-pointierten Schreibweise, der Krimiplot zu einem kritischen Gesellschaftsbild Amerikas in den 30er Jahren.