by Raymond Chandler · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420677705
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«Asesino bajo la lluvia y otros relatos» is a collection of detective short stories by Raymond Chandler, published by Alianza in paperback, 240 pages, in Spanish.
The book brings together eight stories that appeared in pulp magazines of the 1930s, such as Black Mask and Dime Detective Magazine. The title story and «Blues de Bay City» contain elements that Chandler reused in novels such as «El sueño eterno» and «La dama del lago»; «Peces de colores» and «El lápiz» complete the selection.
The 2007 edition belongs to the Biblioteca Chandler (El Libro de Bolsillo) and features a translation by Juan Manuel Ibeas Delgado.
For fans of noir fiction, classic detective short stories and the hard-boiled school, including followers of Philip Marlowe.
Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime. All but Playback have been made into motion pictures, some more than once.
