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Farewell, My Lovely

By: Raymond Chandler
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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'I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room'

Cynical Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe always falls for a sob story. Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until Malloy was framed for armed robbery. Now he's out and he wants Velma back. Marlowe meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe's search for Velma turns up plenty of gangsters with a nasty habit of shooting first and talking later. And soon what started as a search for a missing person becomes a matter of life and death . . .

Farewell, My Lovely is Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.

'Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph

'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times

'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony Burgess

©1988 Raymond Chandler (P)2020 Penguin Audio Classics Modern Detectives Mystery Private Investigators Fiction Detective Heartfelt
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very well constructed, with a lot of unexpected turns. It gives a credible picture of life on the eve of WW2

That's suspense

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This is a newly released recording so very few reviews but it's pretty much perfect. narrator has won awards.

highly recommended

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Another timeless classic - Philip Marlowe once again brought to life expertly by the narrator. A great story that keeps you gripped right to the end.

Another fantastic listen

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Masterly, how the story develops , and Marlow slowly embroils himself from a standing start. However, I found the plot and style “clunky”, so much so that I lost interest and gave up with five hours to go. As for Chandler’s famous epithets, as a stylistic device these became monotonous.

Heavy-going

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From start to finish, an outstanding audiobook. Chandler is head and shoulders above other detective fiction writers. His dialogue, characters and eye for detail are all second to none. There is nothing sloppy here, and Scott Brick does every word full justice - a really great performance (as with his other readings in this series). Such an enjoyable and rewarding listen.

Outstanding

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