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The High Window
Paperback
Main Details
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The High Window
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Raymond Chandler
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Introduction by Mark Billingham
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 181,Width 111 |
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| Category/Genre | Crime and mystery |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780140108934
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.52 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Publication Date |
30 March 1989 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband's collection. That's the simple part. It becomes more complicated when Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead. That's also unlucky for a private investigator, because leaving a trail of corpses around LA gets cops' noses out of joint. If Marlowe doesn't wrap this one up fast, he's going to end up in jail or worse, in a box in the ground.
Author Biography
Best-known as the creator of the original private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 and died in 1959. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen, and he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction.
ReviewsKirkus Review US:Tight, bright tale which brings back Philip Marlowe, private detective, who is hired to find a missing coin. California the setting for a complex chain which leads back to a former suicide (murder), and develops three new killings, blackmail, and counterfeit. Hammett derivative, tough, tense, and fine fare. (Kirkus Reviews)
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