Cover of the book Playback
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Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy classic detective stories and crime fiction.

Topics JusticeBetrayalHuman Nature
MoodSuspenseful, Mysterious
RomanceMinor Subplot
ViolenceModerate
Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's final novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times). In noir master Raymond Chandler's Playback, Philip Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never heard of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but then decides he'd rather help out the redhead. She's been acquitted of her alcoholic husband's murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court's word for it. "Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence:" -- Ross Macdonald

Language

en

Published on

01/01/2002

Pages

175

Format

E-book

ISBN

9781400030217

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