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First published in the United States of America by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1976 First published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited 1976 Published in Penguin Books 1978
Copyright © Frank MacShane, 1976 All rights reserved
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA MacShane, Frank. The life of Raymond Chandler. Reprint of the 1976 ed. published by Dutton, New York. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959-Biography. 2. Authors, American—20th century-Biography. I. Title. [PS3505.H3224Z7 1978] 813'.5'2 [a] 77-16644 ISBN 0 14 00.4791 3
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Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Houghton Mif- flin Company and Hamish Hamilton for permission to reprint an excerpt from Raymond Chandler Speaking (1962), edited by Dorothy Gardiner and Kathrine Sorley Walker. Grateful acknowledgment is also made for per- mission to print unpublished material by Raymond Chandler owned by Mrs. Helga Greene, executrix of the Raymond Chandler estate.
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