The Blunderer

HIGHSMITH, Patricia

Published by Cresset Press, London, 1956

About this Item

First English edition. Nominal foxing on the foredge else very near fine in near fine dust jacket, with a small, faint stain visible only on the interior. Raymond Chandler's copy of Highsmith's second book, with his ownership Signature writ large: "Raymond Chandler. London. Feb. 1956." Of significance, Chandler wrote the screenplay for the 1951 classic film directed by Alfred Hitchcock that was made from Highsmith's first book, *Strangers on a Train*. Hitchcock largely discarded the two drafts of Chandler's screenplay in favor of one by Ben Hecht's protégé Czenzi Ormonde, and which later precipitated one of the great Hollywood "fuck you" letters from Chandler to "Dear Hitch." Highsmith would later write the introduction to the 1977 book, *The World of Raymond Chandler*.

Seller Inventory # 536373

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Blunderer
• Publisher: Cresset Press, London
• Publication Date: 1956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)