by Raymond Chandler · El País Colección Serie Negra nº 27, 2004, Madrid. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496246881
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«La dama del lago» is the crime novel by Raymond Chandler, published by El País in paperback (284 pages, in Spanish).
The disappearance of a woman leads detective Philip Marlowe to investigate a case set during World War II. The action takes place between Los Angeles and the nearby mountains, and the detective's stubborn ethics in seeking justice expose the hypocrisy of society and the secrets of a small community.
Fourth novel in the Philip Marlowe series, translated by Marcos A. Guerra and originally published in 1943 as The Lady in the Lake.
For readers of classic crime fiction and fans of detective 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.
