false 11318 18 In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumbles across a murder victim who may have been an extortionist. 2024704 1972 Trouble Is My Business total:700|5:221|4:307|3:157|2:12|1:3| 700 2831 907 36 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Sat Mar 28 09:08:12 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 09:21:15 -0700 2009
Anyone who reads Chandler would be well served to get a copy containing Chandler's own introduction (written around 1950) where he looks back at the pulps - which he ref...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 14:47:14 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 14:50:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 29 19:51:01 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:57:45 -0700 2009 Marlowe is the avenging, hard-headed angel of justice, who never misses a wise crack or the opportunity to duck a revolver barrel.

Raymond Chandler is a master of thick descriptio...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 20:48:13 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 20:50:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 11:01:47 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 11:04:38 -0700 2009 It's a Raymond Chandler Evening is an even better song for me. more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 27 14:37:49 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 14:40:08 -0700 2009 ]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 09 20:58:23 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 20:58:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 20:37:22 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 21:34:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 10:05:42 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 10:05:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 00:35:49 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 00:36:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 13:40:48 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 13:18:59 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 15 11:14:45 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 11:18:28 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler, and all his bruised dames and squeaky pipsqueaks named and greased squealers and frails with missing jade necklaces. I paraph...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 18 20:31:48 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 20:35:18 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler short works. My two favorites were "Goldfish" regarding some pearls and "Red Wind", a brilliant ode to the phenomenon known as the S...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 21:25:46 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 06 10:30:14 -0800 2009
Someone hires Marlowe on a case. Marlowe has a drink, checks out his lead, finds a dead body, has another drink, gets conked on the head, or slipped a mickey, and passes out for a while. He wakes up, has another drink, goes to his office and recieves a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 13:22:06 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 22:52:35 -0700 2008
Philip Marlowe was more of a character and less of a caricature then I expected, and despite the obvious differences between his...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Aug 06 14:45:17 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 14:48:53 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler odyssey, with his earliest stories. I read all of his books, in chronological order, about 4 or 5 years ago and I'm going back and doing it again. I can't say why but I'm loving it already.more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 15:13:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 15:15:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Wed Apr 30 09:03:14 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 09:06:01 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Mar 17 19:04:28 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 19:06:59 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jul 29 14:20:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 14:24:02 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler makes them even better. ]]>