"This was my first entry into pulps, and in my opinion it's a great entry point. Chandler's silk smooth language (check out his description of goldfish on pg 149), combined with the ultimate P.I. protagonist make it not just one of the best of its kind but a great work of fiction, period."
Isabel D.
Author Raymond Chandler
Publisher Vintage
Publication Date 1988-08-12
Section Mystery / All Staff Suggestions / Fiction Suggestions / Isabel D.
Publisher Vintage
Publication Date 1988-08-12
Section Mystery / All Staff Suggestions / Fiction Suggestions / Isabel D.
Type New
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780394757643
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780394757643
In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumbles across a murder victim who may have been an extortionist.
