Raymond Chandler

Noun

Meaning

United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler

Examples

A blurb from David Hyde Pierce sums up the book’s high points: “Raymond Chandler Meets Chelsea Handler.” Source: Internet

Amid the logrolling and endless hype, one thing gets obscured: Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald did it first, and did it a lot better. Source: Internet

Among those is a wonderful letter he penned to publisher Knopf that explains how his work differs from that of Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, and other contemporaries. Source: Internet

And there are great crime writers who I’ve read more than once authors like Raymond Chandler, Elmore Leonard, James Crumley, and Charles Willeford. Source: Internet

As a young girl I read Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler a lot, and I really liked that kind of hardboiled and humorous metaphor. Source: Internet

From a lineage of Tom McGuane, Charles Portis, and Raymond Chandler, Elwood Reid ascends to the top of his generation with this novel. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Raymond Raymond B. Cattell Raymond Bernard Cattell Raymond Lully Raymond Thornton Chandler Raymond's grunter