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“Raymond Chandler is a writer extremely difficult to define.”
“Marlowe is working for $25 a day and expenses and he earns every cent of it.”
“” – The Age , April 11, 1959 * A version of this post was published in 2018 Book Marks book reviews Classic Reviews Raymond Chandler Book Marks Visit Book Marks, Lit Hub's home for book reviews, at https://bookmarks.reviews/ or on social media at @bookmarksreads.”
“Perhaps the longest private-eye novel ever written (over 125,000 words!).”
“Our sister site CrimeReads has more fascinating Chandler content than you can shake a .32 revolver at, and to mark this auspicious anniversary we thought we’d follow their lead by bringing you the first reviews of every one of his novels.”
“There are many interesting characters throughout this excellent piece of detective fiction.”
“But most Chandler enthusiasts will read Playback to see Philip Marlowe once again.”
“Today marks the 138th anniversary of the birth of Raymond Chandler, patron saint of Los Angeles noir and perhaps the most famous crime fiction writer of all time.”
“Private investigator Marlowe solves a mystery involving four particularly shocking murders.”
““Most of the characters in this story are tough, many of them are nasty and some of them are both.”
“It’s about private detective Philip Marlowe, of course, as are all Chandler novels, but both Marlowe and his creator seem to have mellowed somewhat in fifteen years.”
“She has to fit in with the improbable plot and she remains improbable .”
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“The language used in this book is often vile, at times so filthy that the publishers have been compelled to resort to the dash, a device seldom employed in these unsqueamish days.”
““This is a tough one: superlatively tough, alcoholic, and, for all its wisecracks, ugly rather than humorous.”
“And the actual mystery is not important.”
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““Terrific action that packs a wallop vies with emotional passion to bring intense suspense in The Lady in the Lake .”
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“The dialogue is as vividly overheated as ever, the plot is clearly constructed and surprisingly resolved, and the book is rich in many sharp glimpses of minor characters and scenes.”
“… “How Marlowe probed into these strange murders, becomes closely associated with them though circumstantial evidence, makes for a thriller of the first order.”