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Authorized by the estate of the late Raymond Chandler, this volume reveals the missing life history and detective adventures of Philip Marlowe, one of the 20th century's most enduring and beloved characters. Marlowe is the quintessential American detective: cynical yet idealistic; romantic yet full of despair; a gentleman capable of rough violence. The stories are written by some of the detective-mystery genre's leading lights, including Max Allan Collins, Sara Paretsky, Roger L. Simon, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Robert Crais, Edward Hoch, Ed Gorman, Eric Van Lustbader, Loren Estleman, Simon Brett, and Joyce Harrington. The final story in the volume is Raymond Chandler's last Marlowe adventure: The Pencil. The stories run chronologically through the career of Marlowe, from 1935 through 1960. These are classic Marlowe tales of betrayal, mistrust, and double-dealing on the seamy side of Los Angeles. You can share your thoughts about Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in the new ibooks virtual readers' group at www.ibooksinc.com
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John Wadsworth
reviewed Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe on July 22, 2012
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe
This is one of those books that I started years ago, lost repeatedly, and have only just finished, so take this review with a tablespoon of salt (and, in fact, it should really only apply to the last ten or so stories).
It's interesting. It's interesting to see people try to write like Chandler. Some of the stories are good. Some are not. But I don't think any of the authors really captured Chandler's flair for ridiculous metaphor (some ignored it altogether, others were obviously trying too hard), but what can you do? It is, at heart, a collection of Marlowe fan fiction, and it's okay. For fan fic, it's pretty good, but it's not Chandler, and I get the impression from the authors' blurbs, they all knew, at heart, that it never really could be.
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