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so-soI listened to this audiobook with my husband. It was quite a bit longer than the other Philip Marlowe books. I don't know if it was because we listened a bit at a time over the course of several weeks or something else, but this didn't grab me like the others have.
This title has been brought up in 2 totally unrelated books I‘m reading. Has anyone read this? Is the universe telling me I need to read this?
“I got up on my feet and it took character. It took will power. It took a lot out of me, and there wasn‘t as much to spare as there once had been. The hard heavy years had worked me over”
I know the feeling almost every morning 😩
“Goodbye, Linda. I hope you find what you want.”
“Goodbye,” she said coldly. “I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don‘t want it anymore.”
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1. Depends. I used to like them more, but with how many books - and even more so, TV shows - there are based around anti-heroes now, it's not exactly a subversive trope anymore. Also, too many supposed "anti-heroes" are really just jerks who happen to be the story's protagonist.
2. Tagged. Philip Marlowe is the archetypal anti-hero.
1. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
2. The Mrs. Pollifax series
3. Copperfields in Petaluma, CA
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
pickStarring arguably the first detective from the hard-boiled sub-genre of detective fiction, this 1953 Philip Marlowe mystery delivered nostalgia and a pretty good mystery. As an added bonus, the abridged, two-hour audiobook is narrated by Elliot Gould, the actor who played Marlowe in the 1973 film based on this book. #Audiobooking #Libby
so-soI didn‘t enjoy this as much as the others by him that I just reread. Perhaps it‘s a bit long. Perhaps it‘s the book itself, old with brown pages falling out of the binding. I must have got it secondhand unlike the other books. Now it‘s a bit unloved. Perhaps I just read too many at once, and got bored.
pickIn this classic crime noir,cynical private detective Philip Marlowe gets caught up in a sordid investigation of a war veteran's brutally murdered wife and uncovers the seedy underbelly of the rich and famous. Chandler is a master at writing stylishly, &he employs snappy dialogue&sarcastic quips to great effect. Even so I felt the novel dragged in some places. The conclusion is satisfying, with enough twists to keep me guessing until the end.
Perfect company to start a new book... though reading The Big Sleep would have been a better fit 😲
#raymondchandler #cat #book #noir #polar #detective #philip #marlowe #penguinbooks
pickMuch more than just a hard boiled detective story. The plot has enough twists and turns to satisfied even the pickiest of reader but what sets it apart and makes this a wonderful novel beyond the genre is the psychological exploration of the characters. #aprilbookshowers #goodintitle
I love this book. I love it in a sad, peaceful way that's difficult to describe. I first picked it up after reading a @bookriot piece about books for people who love "Batman" (they were right!) and have read it twice since. The perfect book for settling into melancholy with a smile and a sigh.
