'I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a
vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a
hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room' Cynical Los
Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe always falls for a sob
story. Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma
were getting married - until Malloy was framed for armed robbery.
Now he's out and he wants Velma back. Marlowe meets Malloy one hot
day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart,
agrees to help. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe's
search for Velma turns up plenty of gangsters with a nasty habit of
shooting first and talking later. And soon what started as a search
for a missing person becomes a matter of life and death . . .
Farewell, My Lovely is Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring
laconic PI Philip Marlowe. 'Chandler grips the mind from the first
sentence' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest crime writers, who
set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times 'Chandler is
an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock
Holmes' Anthony Burgess Discover the newest addition to the
inimitable Philip Marlowe series - Only to Sleep by Lawrence
Osborne - out 6 September 2018 in hardback and ebook from Hogarth.
General
Imprint: |
Penguin Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Phillip Marlowe |
Release date: |
October 2010 |
First published: |
October 2010 |
Authors: |
Raymond Chandler
|
Introduction by: |
Colin Dexter
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
305 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-241-95435-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
0-241-95435-5 |
Barcode: |
9780241954355 |
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