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Only to Sleep (Philip Marlowe)

Only to Sleep (Philip Marlowe)

by Lawrence Osborne (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

    $6.99
Synopsis

The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe - now in his seventy-second year - has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it. At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon. Discover the rest of the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - nine classic Chandler adventures, from The Big Sleep to The Long Goodbye, available now in paperback and ebook from Penguin Books.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Hogarth
Published: 06 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 1781090580
ISBN 13: 9781781090589
Book Overview: Wealthy dead American. Beautiful young widow. This case has PI Philip Marlowe?s name written all over it. Is it enough to bring him back for one last adventure?

Media Reviews
A brilliant Raymond Chandler continuation novel with an ageing Philip Marlowe. Osborne and Chandler are a perfect match -- William Boyd * Guardian *
It's a joy to see Philip Marlowe lured back for one last job by the gleefully unsentimental Lawrence Osborne... If you like noir, pour yourself something cool and enjoy one final dark night of the soul -- Joseph Knox, author of Sirens
Osborne succeeds brilliantly... captures the dreamlike quality of the original Marlowe novels -- Bruce deSilva * Daily Mail *
An exhilarating talent...one of our finest writers -- Francesca Angelini * Sunday Times *
Superb... Osborne's dialogue and description echo Chandler's wit and world-weariness with uncanny skill -- Mark Sanderson * Evening Standard *
Author Bio
Lawrence Osborne was born in England but has travelled and lived all over the world. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Forgiven, The Ballad of a Small Player, Hunters in the Dark and Beautiful Animals. In 2017, he joined John Banville in being asked by the Raymond Chandler Estate to write a new Philip Marlowe novel, Only to Sleep, which also draws on his time living and working as a reporter on the Mexican border in 1990. His non-fiction includes travelogues and essay collections as well as the drinking odyssey The Wet and the Dry. He currently lives in Bangkok.