Eternal sleep. Farewell, beauty. High window. – Chandler Raymond – ABC – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-389-33504-2
Eternal sleep. Farewell, beauty. High window.
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Eternal sleep. Farewell, beauty. High window.
19.99 €
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe books not only laid the foundations for the hard-boiled detective genre but also became true classics. This collection includes the first three novels about the famous private eye: "The Sleep of Eternity," "Farewell, My Beauty," and "The High Window."
Marlowe represents a new type of detective hero: he is a romantic, a sentimental knight, always maintaining his individuality and adhering to a code of honor. He doesn't seek adventure—it finds him, and the plot, replete with his trademark dizzying intricacies, usually begins quite innocently. For example, in "The Sleep of Eternity," retired General Sternwood assigns Marlowe to deal with an adventurer blackmailing his youngest daughter; in the opening scene of "Farewell, My Beauty," the detective merely reminds a thug that drinks are paid for; and in "The High Window," the widow Mrs. Murdoch tasks Marlowe with finding the Brasher Doubloon, a rare gold coin missing from her late husband's collection...
Marlowe represents a new type of detective hero: he is a romantic, a sentimental knight, always maintaining his individuality and adhering to a code of honor. He doesn't seek adventure—it finds him, and the plot, replete with his trademark dizzying intricacies, usually begins quite innocently. For example, in "The Sleep of Eternity," retired General Sternwood assigns Marlowe to deal with an adventurer blackmailing his youngest daughter; in the opening scene of "Farewell, My Beauty," the detective merely reminds a thug that drinks are paid for; and in "The High Window," the widow Mrs. Murdoch tasks Marlowe with finding the Brasher Doubloon, a rare gold coin missing from her late husband's collection...
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Classic Detective Fiction. Big Books
- All books in the cycle Philip Marlowe
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Detectives, action movies, thrillers.
Eternal sleep. Farewell, beauty. High window.
19.99 €