false 153590 20 Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never herd of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but decides he prefers to help out the redhead. She's been acquitted of her alcoholic husband's murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court's word for it.<br><br>"Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence:" -- Ross Macdonald 2504821 book 1958 Playback total:500|5:96|4:185|3:160|2:54|1:5| 500 1813 660 35 2 1 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 15:59:04 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 13:34:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 00:12:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 00:57:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 07:17:06 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 07:25:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 08:44:53 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 08:44:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 16:15:53 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 15:01:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 11 19:44:42 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:50:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 12 19:21:43 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 19:24:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 17:12:13 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 12:36:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 10:39:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:53:15 -0700 2009 is no story to speak of. The only reason I finished it was because I was listening to it, not reading it. Even if you're a big Chandler fan, skip this one. ]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 04:45:31 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 00:13:17 -0800 2009
Favorite line: "I've got friends who could cut you down so small you'd need a stepladder to put your shoes on."]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 09:59:24 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:09:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 13 16:01:14 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 16:44:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Feb 07 20:31:29 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 20:31:59 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Mon Jul 02 06:10:15 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 13:39:54 -0700 2007 The Marlow character is particularly grim and bitter in this and I believe Chandler was dying at the time and ready for it, this book seems to follow that train of thought, at times ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 25 06:17:27 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 06:18:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 23:00:16 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 02:48:59 -0800 2008
Even without having spoiled myself, the whole thing felt a little anticlimactic. The big se...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 12:49:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 12:49:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 14 10:20:54 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:20:54 -0700 2009 http://steelbrassnwood.livejournal.com/9...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 24 21:28:24 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 21:28:24 -0800 2009 Raymond Chandler (1988)]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 11:57:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 17:39:09 -0700 2009 more...]]>