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      Stalking the tawdry neon wilderness of forties and fifties Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler's hard-drinking, wise-cracking Phillip Marlowe is one of the world's most famous fictional detectives. Playback finds Marlowe mixing business with pleasure - getting paid to follow a myste...

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      Description

      Product ID:9780241956250
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Phillip Marlowe
      Title:Playback
      Authors:Author: Raymond Chandler
      Page Count:208
      Subjects:Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      Stalking the tawdry neon wilderness of forties and fifties Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler's hard-drinking, wise-cracking Phillip Marlowe is one of the world's most famous fictional detectives. Playback finds Marlowe mixing business with pleasure - getting paid to follow a mysterious and lovely red-head named Eleanor King.

      Playback is Raymond Chandler''s gripping last full-length novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.

      ''Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since'' Paul Auster

      Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is mixing business with pleasure - he''s getting paid to follow a lovely mysterious redhead called Eleanor King. And wherever Miss King goes, trouble is sure to follow. But she''s easy on the eye and Marlowe''s happy to do as he''s told. But one dead body later and what started out as a lazy afternoon''s snooping soon becomes a deadly cocktail of blackmail, lies, mistaken identity - and murder . . .


      ''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


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2011-03-31

      Additional information

      Weight152 g
      Dimensions200 × 129 × 13 mm