![]() ![]() ![]() The characterisation, sense of pace and Marlowe’s caustic wisecracks make Chandler’s stories flow. ![]() The storyline isn’t what is important in Chandler’s novels the beauty is his prose. He will leave you wondering who you can trust. You need to pay close attention to PI Marlowe’s hunches, or you will get lost in the tangled, bewildering plot. It will haul you through the warren that is Los Angeles, from its hot dirty streets and seedy bars to the elevated coolness of its luxury hillside mansions. Raymond Chandler’s story drags you along like an explosive, high-octane movie. As he moves from restaurant to smoke-filled bar, it becomes clear that searching for Velma is something the police, a ring of jewel thieves, a crooked fortune teller and possibly Velma herself, would far rather he didn’t do. Marlowe, who has no business in the search but nothing better to do, sets out to find the missing Velma. Not more than six feet five inches tall and not wider than a beer truck.įresh out of jail, Moose Molloy is looking for his fiancé, Velma Valento. Whilst trying to find a missing husband, Philip Marlowe stumbles across a big man… ![]()
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