{"product_id":"14510-chandler-raymond-typed-letter-signed-discussing-detective-fiction","title":"Chandler, Raymond. (1888-1959) Typed Letter Signed, Discussing Detective Fiction","description":"\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eTLS from the British-American novelist and screenwriter known for his influential hard-boiled detective fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFarewell, My Lovely.\u003c\/i\u003e 1 page. Dated January 18, 1954. Three paragraphs in which he discusses copies of books he has that may be of interest to the recipient, presumably a collector, and his own interest in a book called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThey Don't Dance Much\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e by James Ross. Several sentences discount the idea that James Ross is John Ross Macdonald, and Chandler closes: \"But if I could recreate that strange sordid steamy lazy corrupt ingrown, and yet so human feeling of shabby life below the line, I shouldn't have stopped with one book, by heck.\" He signs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, \"Yours ever, Raymond Chandler.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e Folded vertically and horizontally for mailing; otherwise in fine condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eWith three tiny holograph corrections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChandler, together with Dashiell Hammett, was the father of the hard-boiled mystery genre, and a letter in which he discusses other hard-boiled writing is especially attractive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093553205407,"sku":"14510","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Chandler_Raymond_TLS_14510_001.jpg?v=1722188795","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/14510-chandler-raymond-typed-letter-signed-discussing-detective-fiction","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}