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by Raymond Chandler

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. 205 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4". Illustrated dustjacket in very good plus condition, price of $3.00 on inside flap, minor creasing and edgewear. Orange cloth over boards with a slight stain on the rear cover, second printing stated on copyright page, in very good condition. A Philip Marlowe Story, published by Raymond Chandler when he was 70 years old. Philip Marlowe was most famously played by Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep, and is often described as tough and hard-drinking yet also contemplative and philiosphical. This was Chandler's last completed novel

Synopsis

Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never herd of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but decides he prefers to 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 MacdonaldFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

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The Book Lair, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
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Author
Raymond Chandler
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good
Jacket Condition
very good +
Quantity Available
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1958

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