{"product_id":"marlowe-9781250906908","title":"Marlowe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe returns in award-winning author John Banville’s \u003ci\u003eMarlowe\u003c\/i\u003e—originally published as \u003ci\u003eThe Black-Eyed Blonde \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eunder the pen name\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Benjamin Black—the basis for the major motion picture starring Liam Neeson as the iconic detective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Somewhere Raymond Chandler is smiling . . . I loved this book. It was like having an old friend, one you assumed was dead, walk into the room.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIt was one of those Tuesday afternoons in \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003esummer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhen you wonder if the earth has stopped revolving.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe streets of Bay City, California, in the early 1950s are as mean as they get. Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and the private eye business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: blond, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost immediately, Marlowe discovers that the man's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest and most ruthless families—and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“It’s vintage L.A., toots: The hot summer, rain on the asphalt, the woman with the lipstick, cigarette ash and alienation, V8 coupes, tough guys, snub-nosed pistols, the ice melting in the bourbon . . . . The results are Chandleresque, sure, but you can see Banville’s sense of fun.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Banville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56511760793942,"sku":"9781250906908","price":21.34,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9781250906908.jpg?v=1794089363","url":"https:\/\/www.bookshop.ee\/products\/marlowe-9781250906908","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}