Hardboiled Mystery Writers Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald : a Literary Reference
An illustrated guide to the mystery genre's hardest hitting writers focuses on the three men who created a uniquely American brand of detective fiction--Raymond Chandler, Dashiell HAmmett, and Ross Macdonald, the creators of such famed fictional private detectives as PHilip Marlowe, Sam Spade, and Lew Archer. Original.