Publisher's Synopsis

A special edition of the iconic first novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times). Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy.

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.

A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Special Edition.

Book information

ISBN: 9780593311899
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pub date:
Edition: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard special edition
DEWEY: 813.52
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20221212
Language: English
Number of pages: 231
Weight: 238g
Height: 202mm
Width: 131mm
Spine width: 17mm