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Raymond Chandler's Trouble Is My Business

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Author Raymond Chandler, Arvind Ethan David
Illustrated by Ilias Kyriazis
Foreword by Ben H. Winters
Colorist Cris Peter
Hardcover (Graphic Novel - HC)
$29.00 US
Knopf | Pantheon
7.55"W x 11.25"H x 0.55"D   | 23 oz | 12 per carton
On sale May 20, 2025 | 128 Pages | 9780553387599
FOC Apr 21, 2025 | Catalog March 2025
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A brilliant graphic adaptation of the classic Raymond Chandler novella featuring detective Philip Marlowe.

Los Angeles, 1930s. A rich old man who knows trouble when he sees it hires a detective agency to scare off a young woman who seems to be making his adopted son hemorrhage cash. Fortunately for the detective, a hard drinking man named Philip Marlowe, trouble is his business. 

The young woman, Harriet, has an agenda all her own and aspirations beyond being a shill for a gambler. She's nobody's fool. Nor is the old man, for his part. He's got serious muscle--a chauffer with a degree from Dartmouth, the only Black student from his class, who knows his way around a gun and isn't afraid to use it.

Right in the middle of it all is a big pile of money. And when the bodies begin to drop, only Philip Marlowe can sort out which of these suspects is pulling the trigger.
© (illustration) Michael J. Balzano

Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888 -1959) was the master practitioner of American hard-boiled crime fiction. Although he was born in Chicago, Chandler spent most of his boyhood and youth in England where he attended Dulwich College and later worked as a freelance journalist for The Westminster Gazette and The Spectator. During World War I, Chandler served in France with the First Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, transferring later to the Royal Flying Corps (R. A. F.). In 1919 he returned to the United States, settling in California, where he eventually became director of a number of independent oil companies. The Depression put an end to his career, and in 1933, at the age of forty-five, he turned to writing fiction, publishing his first stories in Black Mask. Chandler’s detective stories often starred the brash but honorable Philip Marlowe (introduced in 1939 in his first novel, The Big Sleep) and were noted for their literate presentation and dead-on critical eye. Never a prolific writer, Chandler published only one collection of stories and seven novels in his lifetime. Some of Chandler’s novels, like The Big Sleep, were made into classic movies which helped define the film noir style. In the last year of his life he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died in La Jolla, California on March 26, 1959.

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Arvind Ethan David is a writer and producer whose career started when he was still a student and adapted the Douglas Adams’ novel Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency as a play and the great science fiction author came to see it, and took the young writer under his wing. Since then, Arvind has written for page, stage, screen, audio and everywhere else one can tell a story. In addition to Trouble is my Business, his graphic novels include the Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency series (also with art by Ilias Kyriazis), Darkness Visible (Stoker Nominated, written with Mike Carey) and Gray, his reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Arvind’s audio work includes the chart-topping Audible Originals: The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe, the science fiction Anthology series Earworms and The Crimes of Dorian Gray. Television work includes serving as an Executive Producer on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency for Netflix and BBC America and writing on Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys for Amazon Studios. Theater includes writing the stage adaptations of the Douglas Adams novels Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (with James Goss) and Lenny Henry’s The Boy with Wings. He is also a lead producer of the Tony & Grammy winning musical Jagged Little Pill. View titles by Arvind Ethan David
Ilias Kyriazis is a critically acclaimed cartoonist based in Athens, Greece. He has drawn comics for numerous companies, including DC, IDW, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Humanoids, Rebellion Developments and Dynamite Entertainment. Trouble Is My Business is his second collaboration with Arvind Ethan David after their run on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency for IDW. He also co-created Chronophage for Humanoids (with writer Tim Seeley), Collapser for DC (with writers Mikey Way & Shaun Simon) and Secret Identities for Image (with writers Jay Faerber & Brian Joines). Previous solo works of his in English are the crowd-funded sci-fi horror Elysium Online, the romantic comedy Falling for Lionheart for IDW and the fantasy thriller Melody for DC while in Greece he’s best known for his iconic series Manifesto. His latest work is the graphic novel What We Wished For, published by Humanoids. View titles by Ilias Kyriazis
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“As smart as a slap on a cold morning, this glorious retelling of Chandler’s melancholy story is gripping to the very last page. Wonderful.”
—Denise Mina, national bestselling author of Conviction and The Second Murderer

“Takes Chandler’s original and makes a world—and what a world! Characters pop, dialogue sizzles, everyone’s got a hustle and trouble is coming—big time. Stay-up-late-to-finish stuff.”
—Nick Harkaway, author of Karla’s Choice

“The world of Raymond Chandler springs from the shadows in David’s brilliant, beautiful, haunting adaptation. A must read for fans of crime fiction and graphic novels. A jewel in the crown of American Noir.”
—Matt Goldman, New York Times bestselling author and Shamus Award Nominee

“David’s reinvention of Chandler puts bracing new life into classic tropes. He’s a mix-master at the noir console.”
—M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts and Echo of Worlds

“A gripping adaptation of a classic short story by crime fiction legend Chandler. . . . David tweaks the original text . . . to create more psychological and moral complexity than found in the source material. Kyriazis’s lively illustration and innovative design sense create powerful tension that grows increasingly intense as this noir thriller careens to a close. A compelling exploration of greed and justice in shadowy 1940s Los Angeles.”
—Library Journal

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A brilliant graphic adaptation of the classic Raymond Chandler novella featuring detective Philip Marlowe.

Los Angeles, 1930s. A rich old man who knows trouble when he sees it hires a detective agency to scare off a young woman who seems to be making his adopted son hemorrhage cash. Fortunately for the detective, a hard drinking man named Philip Marlowe, trouble is his business. 

The young woman, Harriet, has an agenda all her own and aspirations beyond being a shill for a gambler. She's nobody's fool. Nor is the old man, for his part. He's got serious muscle--a chauffer with a degree from Dartmouth, the only Black student from his class, who knows his way around a gun and isn't afraid to use it.

Right in the middle of it all is a big pile of money. And when the bodies begin to drop, only Philip Marlowe can sort out which of these suspects is pulling the trigger.

Creators

© (illustration) Michael J. Balzano

Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888 -1959) was the master practitioner of American hard-boiled crime fiction. Although he was born in Chicago, Chandler spent most of his boyhood and youth in England where he attended Dulwich College and later worked as a freelance journalist for The Westminster Gazette and The Spectator. During World War I, Chandler served in France with the First Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, transferring later to the Royal Flying Corps (R. A. F.). In 1919 he returned to the United States, settling in California, where he eventually became director of a number of independent oil companies. The Depression put an end to his career, and in 1933, at the age of forty-five, he turned to writing fiction, publishing his first stories in Black Mask. Chandler’s detective stories often starred the brash but honorable Philip Marlowe (introduced in 1939 in his first novel, The Big Sleep) and were noted for their literate presentation and dead-on critical eye. Never a prolific writer, Chandler published only one collection of stories and seven novels in his lifetime. Some of Chandler’s novels, like The Big Sleep, were made into classic movies which helped define the film noir style. In the last year of his life he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died in La Jolla, California on March 26, 1959.

View titles by Raymond Chandler
Arvind Ethan David is a writer and producer whose career started when he was still a student and adapted the Douglas Adams’ novel Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency as a play and the great science fiction author came to see it, and took the young writer under his wing. Since then, Arvind has written for page, stage, screen, audio and everywhere else one can tell a story. In addition to Trouble is my Business, his graphic novels include the Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency series (also with art by Ilias Kyriazis), Darkness Visible (Stoker Nominated, written with Mike Carey) and Gray, his reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Arvind’s audio work includes the chart-topping Audible Originals: The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe, the science fiction Anthology series Earworms and The Crimes of Dorian Gray. Television work includes serving as an Executive Producer on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency for Netflix and BBC America and writing on Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys for Amazon Studios. Theater includes writing the stage adaptations of the Douglas Adams novels Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (with James Goss) and Lenny Henry’s The Boy with Wings. He is also a lead producer of the Tony & Grammy winning musical Jagged Little Pill. View titles by Arvind Ethan David
Ilias Kyriazis is a critically acclaimed cartoonist based in Athens, Greece. He has drawn comics for numerous companies, including DC, IDW, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Humanoids, Rebellion Developments and Dynamite Entertainment. Trouble Is My Business is his second collaboration with Arvind Ethan David after their run on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency for IDW. He also co-created Chronophage for Humanoids (with writer Tim Seeley), Collapser for DC (with writers Mikey Way & Shaun Simon) and Secret Identities for Image (with writers Jay Faerber & Brian Joines). Previous solo works of his in English are the crowd-funded sci-fi horror Elysium Online, the romantic comedy Falling for Lionheart for IDW and the fantasy thriller Melody for DC while in Greece he’s best known for his iconic series Manifesto. His latest work is the graphic novel What We Wished For, published by Humanoids. View titles by Ilias Kyriazis

Praise

“As smart as a slap on a cold morning, this glorious retelling of Chandler’s melancholy story is gripping to the very last page. Wonderful.”
—Denise Mina, national bestselling author of Conviction and The Second Murderer

“Takes Chandler’s original and makes a world—and what a world! Characters pop, dialogue sizzles, everyone’s got a hustle and trouble is coming—big time. Stay-up-late-to-finish stuff.”
—Nick Harkaway, author of Karla’s Choice

“The world of Raymond Chandler springs from the shadows in David’s brilliant, beautiful, haunting adaptation. A must read for fans of crime fiction and graphic novels. A jewel in the crown of American Noir.”
—Matt Goldman, New York Times bestselling author and Shamus Award Nominee

“David’s reinvention of Chandler puts bracing new life into classic tropes. He’s a mix-master at the noir console.”
—M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts and Echo of Worlds

“A gripping adaptation of a classic short story by crime fiction legend Chandler. . . . David tweaks the original text . . . to create more psychological and moral complexity than found in the source material. Kyriazis’s lively illustration and innovative design sense create powerful tension that grows increasingly intense as this noir thriller careens to a close. A compelling exploration of greed and justice in shadowy 1940s Los Angeles.”
—Library Journal

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