{"product_id":"the-lady-in-the-lake-raymond-chandler-9780375415029","title":"The Lady in the Lake, the Little Sister, the Long Goodbye, Playback: Introduction by Tom Hiney","description":"\u003cb\u003eCreator of the famous Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler elevated the American hard-boiled detective genre to an art form. Chandler's last four novels, published here in one volume, offer ample opportunity to savor the unique and utterly compelling fictional world that made his works modern classics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Lady in the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e moves Marlowe out of his usual habitat of city streets and into the mountains outside of Los Angeles in his strange search for a missing woman. \u003ci\u003eThe Little Sister\u003c\/i\u003e takes Marlowe to Hollywood, where he tries to find a sweet young thing's missing brother, uncovering on the way a little blackmail, a lot of drugs, and more than enough murder. In \u003ci\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e, a case involving a war-scarred drunk and his nymphomaniac wife has Marlowe constantly on the move: a psychotic gangster's on his trail, he's in trouble with the cops, and more and more corpses keep turning up. \u003ci\u003ePlayback\u003c\/i\u003e features a well-endowed redhead who leads Marlowe to the California coast to solve a tale of big money and, of course, murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout these masterpieces, Marlowe's wry humor and existential sense of his job prove yet again why he has become one of the most recognized and imitated characters in fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing the iconic character that inspired the forthcoming film \u003ci\u003eMarlowe\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Liam Neeson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Chandler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375415025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375415029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.42w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2002 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 186","brand":"Raymond Chandler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048079487231,"sku":"9780375415029","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2fad339-496e-4fe0-91be-2fed741cbb7d.jpg?v=1684993767","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lady-in-the-lake-raymond-chandler-9780375415029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}