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The opening sucked me in--vivid, memorable, in a few paragraphs you get a sense of who Philip Marlowe, private dick, is in his own words, as well as something about who his client General Sternwood is--Marlowe is "calling on four million dollars," and when this was published in 1939, that was a hell of a lot of money.
Chandler in this novel did a lot to define noir and hard-boiled detective fiction, from the cynical smark aleck first person voice to the setting of Los Angeles to the dangerous wo ...more
Chandler in this novel did a lot to define noir and hard-boiled detective fiction, from the cynical smark aleck first person voice to the setting of Los Angeles to the dangerous wo ...more
Very driving plot and really does make you like Marlowe as a character. The style of writing is very good and extremely edgy, adding to the gripping sense of the action. Marlowe's interactions with the different character are always entertaining because he is the consummate antihero, a guy who thinks the worst of everyone and everything around him.
Some of the jargon is very antiquated and I amazingly found myself wondering what was going on at different points. I also was confused with the diffe ...more
Some of the jargon is very antiquated and I amazingly found myself wondering what was going on at different points. I also was confused with the diffe ...more
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