false <![CDATA[Poodle Springs]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173112819m/247060.jpg 247060 11 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. 239359 book 1989 Poodle Springs total:340|5:39|4:76|3:149|2:55|1:21| 340 1077 434 24 5 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:25:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:34:10 -0700 2009 Chandler died in 1959, he left behind the first four chapters of a Philip Marlowe thriller. Thirty years later, Robert B. Parker, considered the 'foremost interpreter of the Chandler tradition' completes the book. Although Marl...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 22:01:26 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 21:02:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Jan 24 05:40:58 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 05:40:58 -0800 2008
Raymond Chandler died leaving the first four chapters of a new Philip Marlowe novel. Eventually, Robert Parker's publisher got hold of them and figured that if Parker were truly the most worthy successor to the Chandler le...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 20 21:53:52 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 22:27:19 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler died before finishing the novel and the publisher asked Parker to finish it. Chandler was a Master storyteller and his books (the long Goodbye, The Big Sleep, et al) are amoung my all time favorites. This ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 11:36:59 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 11:39:14 -0700 2009 i liked the period piece.
funny to refer to palm springs as poodle springs.
i recommend book to both chandler fans and to parker fans.
philip marlowes love life and biz life and how he responds to the super wealthy.... good reading.]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 12 09:33:06 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 09:35:50 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 17:57:07 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 17:59:07 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 14 12:09:20 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 12:10:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 20 16:35:40 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 16:59:56 -0700 2009
When Marlow found that he was working too much and that someone was not getting the best of that he did not know how to change. Last year...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 13:20:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 13:26:38 -0800 2008 Raymond Chandler, but a pale imitation of the real thing.

Where Chandler was able to portray a sense of the seamy side of life with a few subtle brush strokes, Parker shoves sleaze in your face. In fact, a lack of subtlety ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Sun Feb 15 17:31:11 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:32:33 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Apr 03 06:52:01 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 06:52:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 01 16:26:21 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 16:26:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 01:31:20 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 14:33:03 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Thu Jul 23 10:04:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 10:05:42 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 17 19:22:03 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 19:24:38 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Aug 29 13:43:17 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 13:45:51 -0700 2007
I think Robert Parker did as good a job as probably could be done and it was a good story. Its just not Chandler.

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