Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American novelist and screenwriter, famous for works such as 'Double indemnity'. In 1932, at age forty-four, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression.
Due to his financial circumstances during the Depression, Chandler turned to his writing talent to earn a living, teaching himself to write pulp fiction His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933. His first novel,The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published just seven full novels during his lifetime In the year before he died, he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died on March 26, 1959, in La Jolla, California.
Chandler disliked the servility of the civil service and resigned, to the consternation of his family, and became a reporter for the Daily Express and the Bristol Western Gazette newspapers. He was an unsuccessful journalist, published reviews and continued writing romantic poetry.
Having begun in 1922 as a bookkeeper and auditor, Chandler was by 1931 a highly paid vice-president of the Dabney Oil Syndicate; but his alcoholism, absenteeism, promiscuity with female employees, and threatened suicides all contributed to his dismissal a year later.
Due to his financial circumstances during the Depression, Chandler turned to his writing talent to earn a living, teaching himself to write pulp fiction His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933. His first novel,The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published just seven full novels during his lifetime In the year before he died, he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died on March 26, 1959, in La Jolla, California.
Chandler disliked the servility of the civil service and resigned, to the consternation of his family, and became a reporter for the Daily Express and the Bristol Western Gazette newspapers. He was an unsuccessful journalist, published reviews and continued writing romantic poetry.
Having begun in 1922 as a bookkeeper and auditor, Chandler was by 1931 a highly paid vice-president of the Dabney Oil Syndicate; but his alcoholism, absenteeism, promiscuity with female employees, and threatened suicides all contributed to his dismissal a year later.
'The Big Sleep'
"Don't fuss we me little man" the purring voice had an edge like sand in the bearings.
Fuss - verb, messing around, big deal, annoying, hard/cold/brutal word,
Little - adjective, incapable, insulting, weak, patronising, intimidating, belittle, 'I'm harder, stronger, more powerful'
Purring - adjective, sly, cautious, soft yet deadly, predatory - kills, pounces, cunning attributes
Edge - noun, cliff, sharp, knife like, dangerous
like sand in the bearing - simile, a sand in the bearing will make the object rough and not run smoothly, it will cut the bearing causing an accident.
Fuss - verb, messing around, big deal, annoying, hard/cold/brutal word,
Little - adjective, incapable, insulting, weak, patronising, intimidating, belittle, 'I'm harder, stronger, more powerful'
Purring - adjective, sly, cautious, soft yet deadly, predatory - kills, pounces, cunning attributes
Edge - noun, cliff, sharp, knife like, dangerous
like sand in the bearing - simile, a sand in the bearing will make the object rough and not run smoothly, it will cut the bearing causing an accident.