Farewell, My Lovely (Murder My Sweet) (Tower T-320)
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland - New York: The World Publishing Company - Tower Books, 1945. Second Tower Books printing. Dk. green cloth boards, stamped spine titles and flying bat, moderate shelf wear. Pages very good, tanning. Bind strong; hinges intact. Dj moderate edge wear, rub; protected in new, clear sleeve. Jacket design by Leo Manso w/images from the motion picture at front and back. A fascinating novel of murder from which the RKO film was made. Retaining the hard-hitting, fast-moving pace set by The Big Sleep, Detective Marlowe finds himself embroiled in a harrowing adventure with a beautiful woman, an oversized ex-convict, a wealthy playboy addicted to Russian cigarettes, and an alcoholicold woman who tell all for a pint of gin. These four people add up to murder. As a matter of fact , they add up to a couple of murders and Marlowe is caught in the middle. 203 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Farewell, My Lovely is a 1940 novel by Raymond Chandler, the second novel he wrote featuring Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. It was adapted for the screen three times.
Reviews
On Jul 3 2015, a reader said:
Brilliant. About half way through the book I thought 'After this book was written why did anyone bother to write any more crime books at all?'. It's got plot and clues and characters and places. It's got sight, smell, sound and touch, even some change of pace. And most of all it has the most brilliant stream of consciousness. It is written in the first person and in the past tense, but not as if telling what happened from the future - more as a running commentary - the still, small voice in the head slightly detached and describing or explaining the action to himself as it plays out. Terrific. Now got to find a whiskey sour and decide which film of the book to watch while it is fresh in my mind.
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- Bookseller
- BiblioStax
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016989
- Title
- Farewell, My Lovely (Murder My Sweet) (Tower T-320)
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company - Tower Books
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland - New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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