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Original Philip Marlowe-værker af Raymond Chandler

No Crime in the Mountains (September 1941, Detective Story, John Evans).

The Bronze Door (November 1939, Unknown).

I'll Be Waiting (October 14, 1939, Saturday Evening Post).

Trouble Is My Business (August 1939, Dime Detective John Dalmas).

Pearls Are a Nuisance (April 1939, Dime Detective).

The Lady in the Lake (January 1939, Dime Detective John Dalmas).

Bay City Blues (June 1938 Dime Detective John Dalmas).

The King in Yellow (March 1938, Dime Detective).

Red Wind (January 1938, Dime Detective: John Dalmas).

Mandarin's Jade (November 1937, Dime Detective John Dalmas).

Try the Girl (January 1937, Black Mask Carmady).

The Curtain (September 1936, Black Mask Carmady).

Goldfish (June 1936, Black Mask Carmady).

Noon Street Nemesis (May 30, 1936, Detective Fiction Weekly or "Pick-up on Noon Street").The Man Who Liked Dogs (March 1936, Black Mask Carmady).Guns at Cyrano's (January 1936, Black Mask Ted Malvern).Spanish Blood (November 1935, Black Mask).Killer in the Rain (January 1935, Black Mask Carmady).Finger Man (October 1934, Black Mask Carmady).Smart-Aleck Kill (July 1934, Black Mask Mallory).Blackmailers Don't Shoot (December 1933, Black Mask protagonist ved navn Mallory).spillet af Humphrey Bogart ogīibliografi Originale korthistorier af Raymond Chandler (Mar.Philip Marlowe er navnet på hovedpersonen i en serie af kriminalromaner forfattet af amerikaneren Raymond Chandler. Agent: Ed Victor, Ed Victor Literary Agency (U.K.). While the mystery is well plotted, Black elevates it beyond mere thoughtful homage with a plausible injection of emotion in his wounded lead. The case appears to wrap up quickly after Marlowe learns that Peterson was the victim of a hit-and-run, but Cavendish has some major revelations in store. When Marlowe shakes hands with someone, “It was like being given a sleek, cool-skinned animal to hold for a moment or two.” The title character, Clare Cavendish, wanders into Marlowe’s office to ask him to trace her lover, Nico Peterson, who disappeared two months earlier. As for the language, Black nails Chandler’s creative and memorable similes and metaphors. Parker’s lengthy experience in the PI genre, his sequel to The Big Sleep, Perchance to Dream, pales in comparison with Black’s pitch-perfect recreation of the character and his time and place.

Black (the pseudonym that John Banville uses for his crime fiction) isn’t the first to tackle the daunting challenge of recreating the distinctive narrative voice of Raymond Chandler’s world-weary, mean streets–walking L.A.