by Raymond Chandler · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420672304
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«La dama del lago» is the crime novel by Raymond Chandler, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
During World War II, detective Philip Marlowe investigates the disappearance of a woman, and the case takes him from Los Angeles to the nearby mountains. In this installment, Marlowe deals with ordinary people who, beyond appearances, are swept up by passion, corruption and crime.
Fourth installment in the Philip Marlowe series, the novel was originally published in 1943 as «The Lady in the Lake»; the Spanish translation is by Carmen Criado Fernández.
For readers of classic crime and mystery fiction, and for followers of detective Philip Marlowe's adventures.
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.
