Joyce Carol Oates is handed the Raymond Chandler Award

Joyce Carol Oates photo by Dustin Cohen

The writer receives a perfect reproduction, made of silver, of the famous Brasher doubloon

It’s the day everyone is waiting for, when the award goes to a career in “noir”. On December 5th, introduced by Antonio Monda, Joyce Carol Oates, before presenting her new novel Butcher, will be handed a perfect reproduction, made of silver, of the famous Brasher doubloon. The award is a perfect, silver replica of the famous Brasher Doubloon (named after Ephraim Brasher), a rare and precious gold coin minted in 1787, which Philip Marlowe recovers for a wealthy widow in his third adventure, The High Window (1942).