A Mysterious Something In The Light was published on Monday 16th of July and the reviews have started to come in. Here are some extracts along with the links to the originals.
‘Tom Williams is the third and best biographer of Chandler…[A Mysterious Something In The Light is] Packed, insightful, entertaining’
Marcel Berlins, The Times(Original article here for Times subscribers)
‘Outstanding… Williams writes sensitively about the Cissy relationship
and delves illuminatingly into the composition of Chandler’s
masterpieces… thanks to his biography Chandler himself is a less
mysterious something than he was.’
John Carey, The Sunday Times
(Original article here for Sunday Times subscribers)
‘There’s so much here that’s interesting and poignant… his story is sad beyond words.’
Sam Leith, The Spectator
(Original article here for Spectator subscribers)
‘Like a dutiful nephew, or even like Philip Marlowe dealing with General
Sternwood in The Big Sleep, [Tom Williams] discloses all while judging
nothing… Precise, kindly and necessary’
Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday
Chandler’s life has also been featured in the Daily Mail here and in the Telegraph here.
And don’t forget, if you want to buy a copy of the book from Amazon follow this link.