Raymond Chandler`s Los Angeles

Chandler`s Los Angeles is a city of looming monoliths, endless alleyways, and outlying suburbs teeming with illegal activity, all linked by wide boulevards and miles of expressways. The City of Angels and its environs provided the endless physical and moral sprawl for Philip Marlowe`s private investigations, and when things got rough, Marlowe liked to go for a drive: Santa Monica Pier, Ventura Boulevard, San Bernadino Freeway, Beverly Hills. Reissued for the 50th anniversary of the film of Chandler`s novel The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler`s Los Angeles is a visionary journey across a landscape of darkened bungalows, decaying office buildings, and sinister nightspots--an atmospheric tribute to both the writer and his city. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.