false 852401 20 A movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure Marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of Hollywood fame. Chandler's first foray into the industry that dominates the company town that is Los Angeles. 2494651 1949 The Little Sister total:866|5:235|4:381|3:217|2:28|1:5| 866 3411 1082 40 3 1 false false Mon Dec 08 08:57:02 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 01 11:00:57 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 08 08:57:02 -0800 2008
Don't get me wrong, Raymond Chandler is a good writer, his prose is packed with cleverness to the point of overflowing, the dialogue snaps, and everything h...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Thu Feb 05 19:57:52 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 20:00:14 -0800 2009 Raymond Chandler would rip out his rapier wit when he finally tackled the subject of Phillip Marlowe in Hollywood, but there's something stale and cliched about the whole affair. A great opportunity to tear up the fakest city on the planet, and Chandler gets pussy on us. Bo...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 24 20:41:34 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 20:43:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 08:43:33 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:31:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 18:40:55 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 18:41:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 14:50:59 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 10:22:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 15:32:22 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 15:35:37 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler. Not knowing much about the genre, I picked up a Chandler novel for the first time a few months ago just before a long flight, and I've been endless...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 06 06:01:13 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 06:59:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 06:44:33 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 06:51:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 08:29:14 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 09:21:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 17:56:37 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 06:18:12 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler was not much of a mystery writer, truth be told. In reading a Marlowe novel, then, the question, bizarr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 08:56:36 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 29 07:47:12 -0800 2008 Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) so far. Chandler's description and commentary on crime and character in a burgeoning urban American, spoken in the mind of his mainstay character Phillip Marlowe, is vivid, entertaining, and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 12:51:41 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 09:32:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 30 18:46:27 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 02:15:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 18 15:46:15 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 15:47:31 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 28 13:27:40 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 08:56:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 18:35:48 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 18:38:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 08:25:37 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 09:37:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Sep 23 23:25:38 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 23:25:38 -0700 2007 Raymond Chandler. I had to read this for a class on detective fiction once in school. Yes, I took a class on detective fiction. Sounds easy, right? Well, possibly more than any other class I've ever taken, that class taught me how dumb I really am. The Little Sister w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 12:13:16 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 18:16:46 -0800 2009