The Lady in the Lake
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590070941 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 378 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. A handsome set for a reasonable price. From Library Journal Chandler is not only the best writer of hardboiled PI stories, he's one of the 20th century's top scribes, period. . His full canon of novels and short stories is reprinted in trade paper featuring uniform covers in Black Lizard's signature style
The archetypal private eye - the original - is here solving a crime of passion? of mystery? of intrigue.. Elliott Gould, who played Philip Marlowe on the screen, performs Lady in The Lake - a gritty, well-plotted Raymond Chandler mystery set in '40's City of Angels, California
Marlowe goes to the mountains and meets Sheriff Andy Published in 19Marlowe goes to the mountains and meets Sheriff Andy Whistlers Mom Published in 1943, this was Chandler's fourth novel featuring private detective Philip Marlowe. America was at war, but there are few references to it in this story. WWI was Chandler's war and if Marlowe has plans to join the army he never mentions them. War. 3, this was Chandler's fourth novel featuring private detective Philip Marlowe. America was at war, but there are few references to it in this story. WWI was Chandler's war and if Marlowe has plans to join the army he never mentions them. War. All are wet in this one The Lady in the Lake may not be one of Chandler's better efforts but it is a good snapshot of written noir, the 19All are wet in this one Expert The Lady in the Lake may not be one of Chandler's better efforts but it is a good snapshot of written noir, the 1940s and the "who done it". Occasionally, I go back and read the classics to see where PD lit started and there's no better combo than Chandler a. 0s and the "who done it". Occasionally, I go back and read the classics to see where PD lit started and there's no better combo than Chandler a. Steffan Piper said Chandler as Dickens "If you don't leave, I'll get somebody who will.". I've read this book now three times in as many months. The first time I read it, years ago, I was nineteen. Much older now, I had to come back with a different perspective and try to see what Raymond Chandler was really up to. Entertaining the reader wasn't