Explore the latest books of this year!
Bookbot

Playback

Book rating

Parameters

  • 166 pages
  • 6 hours of reading

More about the book

Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's final novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times). In noir master Raymond Chandler's Playback, Philip Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never heard of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but then decides he'd rather help out the redhead. She's been acquitted of her alcoholic husband's murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court's word for it. "Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence:" -- Ross Macdonald

Book purchase

Playback, Raymond Chandler

Language
Released
1988
product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
(Paperback),
Book condition
Damaged
Price
€6.43

Payment methods

4.0
Very Good
1051 Ratings

We’re missing your review here.

Language
English
Publisher
Vintage
Released
1988
Format
Paperback
Pages
166
ISBN10
0394757661
ISBN13
9780394757667
Series
First published
1958
Original title
Playback
Rating
3.95 out of 5
Description
Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's final novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times). In noir master Raymond Chandler's Playback, Philip Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never heard of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but then decides he'd rather help out the redhead. She's been acquitted of her alcoholic husband's murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court's word for it. "Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence:" -- Ross Macdonald