Raymond Chandler
Paperback | Pages: 265 pages Rating: 4.07 | 15528 Users | 760 Reviews
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| Title | : | The High Window (Philip Marlowe #3) |
| Author | : | Raymond Chandler |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 265 pages |
| Published | : | August 12th 1992 by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard (first published August 17th 1942) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Noir. Detective. Classics. Hard Boiled |
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A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune—the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation."Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude."-- Erle Stanley Gardner
"Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement." -- The New York Times
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| Original Title: | The High Window |
| ISBN: | 0394758269 (ISBN13: 9780394758268) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Philip Marlowe #3 |
| Characters: | Elizabeth Bright Murdock, Leslie Murdock, Linda Conquest, George Anson Phillips, Philip Marlowe, Lou Vannier, Merle Davis, Alex Morny, Elisha Morningstar, Lois Magic, Eddie Prue, Detective Spangler, Detective-Lieutenant Jesse Breeze, Kenny Haste, Hench, Pietro Palermo, Mr. Grandy |
| Setting: | Los Angeles, California,1941(United States) California(United States) Pasadena, California(United States) |
Rating Appertaining To Books The High Window (Philip Marlowe #3)
Ratings: 4.07 From 15528 Users | 760 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books The High Window (Philip Marlowe #3)
And Justice For All"The High Window" is the third book in Chandler's Philip Marlowe franchise. At this point in the series, an astute reader might just notice that Marlowe's clients are all rich folks in high-walled estates with numerous servants running cover for them. Perhaps they are the only ones who can afford his freight. And, perhaps the rich are different. They have such complicated problems hat ors almost impossible to untwist them. In another sense, though, Chandler, through Marlowe,One thing I cant stand about Goodreads reviews is the compulsion that so many reviewers have of giving a detailed summary of the plot. Is there anything more dull than reading a poorly written plot summary of a book youve already read or want to read? So, Im not going to discuss the plot here, other than to point out that the plot is wholly irrelevant (which is stating the obvious, to Chandler-afficiandos). Chandlers plots are always convoluted MacGuffins used as a backdrop for Marlowe to exist
Another hard-boiled detective novel starring the quintessential noir detective, Philip Marlowe. Our protagonist takes on a seemingly simple case involving a stolen gold doubloon but, this being a Chandler novel, the bodies soon start hitting the floor and Marlowe soon realises there's more to it than just a missing coin.Marlowe seems to dial the misogyny down a notch in this one and becomes quite a sweet father figure to a 'damsel in distress' with some physical and mental health issues. Said
For those of you who havent yet read Chandler and I wont question why Im here to tell you, the man can write. You read him for the words, for the atmosphere, not for plot. The High Window itself has nothing special to recommend it; its another instalment, one of many roughly equally as good. (First time around The Lady in the Lake was my favourite; my wife, who read them all this year, liked The Long Goodbye.) But its the one I re-read last week (cos its tight, short, cuts to the punch) so it
What can I say? It's Philip Marlowe as written by Raymond Chandler. How can it not be just what the doctor ordered? Granted, there are rumors that Chandler was less than thrilled by the final product but seriously, wouldn't you really prefer the worst of Raymond Chandler over the best of Baldacci?4.5 starsFYI: On a 5-point scale I assign stars based on my assessment of what the book needs in the way of improvements:*5 Stars Nothing at all. If it aint broke, dont fix it.*4 Stars It could stand
At book three in this series it's getting harder to come up with new things to say about Chandler's Marlowe novels. Yes, I could offer up some of Chandler's clever similes or metaphors which change with each book, but I'm not going to do that. These novels are, in a word, excellent. Whether you read them for the writing, the often-cumbersome plots or the unforgettable characters, especially that of Philip Marlowe, considering that they were written around 70 years ago, the high quality of these
I once almost got in to a fist fight with an acquaintance for suggesting that Dashiell Hammett was a better writer than Raymond Chandler. I was trying to rile him and was (kind of) joking. I've always preferred Hammett's style - more forthright, and yet intricate and layered. I will never forget the feeling of utter shock and breathlessness on reading Red Harvest in a single sitting; THIS was written in 1929??? Tarantino has nothing on this dude! Rereading The High Window my mind isn't changed
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