Publisher's Synopsis

The renowned novel from the crime fiction master, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe.  Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.

"Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious." -The New York Times Book Review

Book information

ISBN: 9780394758282
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard Edition
DEWEY: 813.52
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 231
Weight: 266g
Height: 133mm
Width: 201mm
Spine width: 19mm