The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (544 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1483016463 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 519 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The noirest of the noir Whistlers Mom Chandler never wrote frothy stuff, but this one is grim. "You're not human tonight, Marlowe" our hero tells himself as he deals with an unpleasant client, an unappealing victim, and (God help him) the Bay City Police Department. Chandler fans will remember the BCPD from FAREWELL, MY LOVELY. At the end of that book, Bay City is purged. A new mayor and police. "A Good Book - Just Not as Good as the Rest in the Series" according to RJ Stokely. The Little Sister is the fifth entry in Chandler's Philip Marlowe series. This is a good read and recommended for fans of the genre, I will warn you that it is no Farewell, My Lovely or The Big Sleep. There is an overall tone of loneliness in The Little Sister as Marlowe crosses paths with gangsters, blackmailers, hop heads, and starlets all for an eccentri. Good read for fans, but no one else Cy Tuma I was able to read this one through just because of who the author was. Mickey Spillane is much more readable. Chandler spends a hundred paragraphs describing flowers, stuff like that.
The Little Sister was not one of Raymond Chandler's best efforts, but Michael Lark has effectively tailored the text to clarify the original story, emphasizing through his "comic noir" artwork the dark, dangerous environs, both physical and psychological, in which Philip Marlowe still moves. Remember those great film adaptations of Raymond Chandler's work? Who could forget Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep or Dick Powell playing the same character in Farewell, My Lovely? In Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: The Littl
Toby Stephens stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization of Raymond Chandler s fifth Philip Marlowe mysteryFast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. When trouble comes calling, sometimes it s best to pretend to be out Starring Toby Stephens, this evocative adaptation by Stephen Wyatt retains all the darkness and high drama of Chandler s intense, enthralling noir novel.". California in the 40s and 50s is as beautiful as a ri