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James Hadley Chase

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The Resume

    (December 24, 1906-February 6, 1985)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Birth name was René Lodge Brabazon Raymond
    Author of mysteries and thrillers
    Wrote 'No Orchids for Mrs. Blandish' (1939), 'The Dead Stay Dumb' (1940), 'Eve' (1945), 'The Flesh of the Orchid' (1948), 'This Way for a Shroud' (1953), 'The Guilty Are Afraid' (1957), 'A Lotus for Miss Quon' (1961), 'The Soft Centre' (1964), 'Like a Hole in the Head' (1970), 'Just a Matter of Time' (1972), and 'Consider Yourself Dead' (1978)

Why he might be annoying:

    He also used the pseudonyms James L. Docherty, Raymond Marshall, and Ambrose Grant.
    He gave one of his early novels the politically incorrect title 'Twelve Chinks and a Woman.' (1941)
    He and his publisher were fined £100 each after his description of the white slave trade in 'Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief' (1941) was ruled to be obscene.
    Raymond Chandler described his style as 'half-cent pulp writing at its worst.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He and Sylvia Ray were married for 53 years.
    He was a Royal Air Force squadron captain during World War II.
    He was working for a book distributor when he noticed the demand for James M. Cain's 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' and decided to write a potboiler of his own.
    He successfully sued Columbia Pictures after his depiction of a fanatical British general in 'The Wary Transgressor' (1952) was copied in the film 'The Night of the Generals' (1967).

Credit: C. Fishel


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    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
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