Poodle Springs (Charnwood Library) - Hardcover
Philip Marlowe marries a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settledown. But old habits die hard, and Marlowe soon is back in business, enmeshedin a case involving pornography, bigamy, and murder. 2 cassettes.
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Parker is the internationally best-selling author of the Spenser mysteries. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Chandler died in 1959, leaving behind the opening chapters of this Philip Marlowe private investigator novel set in the 1950s, which Parker has completed. Here, Marlowe has a rich wife (shades of Hammett's Nick and Nora Charles) and has moved from Los Angeles to the big-buck community of Poodle Springs, where he is hired by the area crime boss to track down a missing local who has run out on a gambling debt. The plot evolves with murder, blackmail, and a little bigamy for good measure. Though there's more talk than action, and Marlowe's usual hard edges are rounded off a bit, there is still deep intrigue and lots of snappy dialogue. Completing a story started by another is difficult, especially when it involves an estalished character, but Parker has done an impressive job in adapting to Chandler's style and sense of humor. All one can say when reading this is, "Marlowe, it's good to have you back." Literary Guild alternate; Doubleday Book Club featured alternate; Mystery Guild main selection.
- Michael Rogers, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Michael Rogers, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherUlverscroft Large Print Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0708985882
- ISBN 13 9780708985885
- BindingHardcover
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Poodle Springs (Charnwood Library)
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Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
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ISBN 13: 9780708985885
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