{"product_id":"marlowe-9781250906908","title":"Marlowe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe returns in award-winning author John Banville's \u003ci\u003eMarlowe\u003c\/i\u003e--originally published as \u003ci\u003eThe Black-Eyed Blonde \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eunder the pen name\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Benjamin Black--the basis for the major motion picture starring Liam Neeson as the iconic detective.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Somewhere Raymond Chandler is smiling . . . I loved this book. It was like having an old friend, one you assumed was dead, walk into the room.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIt was one of those Tuesday afternoons in \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003esummer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhen you wonder if the earth has stopped revolving.\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe streets of Bay City, California, in the early 1950s are as mean as they get. Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and the private eye business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: blond, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlmost immediately, Marlowe discovers that the man's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest and most ruthless families--and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's vintage L.A., toots: The hot summer, rain on the asphalt, the woman with the lipstick, cigarette ash and alienation, V8 coupes, tough guys, snub-nosed pistols, the ice melting in the bourbon . . . . The results are Chandleresque, sure, but you can see Banville's sense of fun.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250906908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"John Banville, Benjamin Black","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42573208289461,"sku":"9781250906908","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_871eaa63-65be-45bb-9668-d1364304172a.jpg?v=1672154562","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/marlowe-9781250906908","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}