Raymond Chandler: Raymond Chandler's Trouble Is My Business, Gebunden
Raymond Chandler's Trouble Is My Business
- Illustration:
- Ilias Kyriazis
- Publisher:
- Random House LLC US, 05/2025
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780553387599
- Item number:
- 12046662
- Volume:
- 128 Pages
- other:
- COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
- Weight:
- 567 g
- Format:
- 279 x 184 mm
- Thickness:
- 14 mm
- Release date:
- 20.5.2025
- Series:
- Pantheon Graphic Library
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
A brilliant graphic novel adaptation of Raymond Chandler's classic noir tale featuring iconic private eye Philip Marlowe
"Inspired. . . . This trio brings [Chandler's] words to vivid life. . . . A triumph of teamwork."---Air Mail
In 1940s Los Angeles, a sour-faced millionaire hires Philip Marlowe, a hard-boiled, harder-drinking detective, to scare off a suspected gold digger who has gotten her claws into his even wealthier stepson. Marlowe takes the case but quickly discovers that the woman, Harriett Huntress, isn't just after gold: she's playing a long, cold game of revenge...
Marlowe forms an alliance with George, the client's chauffeur-cum-bodyguard-cum-fixer. George is a Black, Dartmouth-educated veteran with a sniper's skills and his own agenda, and the two uneasy allies find themselves on the wrong end of a brace of hired killers and an enigmatic casino boss. . . . It quickly becomes clear that Marlowe, sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, is just asking for trouble. But that's the thing. Trouble is his business.
Biography (Raymond Chandler)
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.
