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Farewell, My Lovely
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until someone framed Malloy for armed robbery. Now his stretch is up and he wants Velma back. PI Philip Marlow meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help him. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe's search for Velma turns up plenty of dangerous gangsters with a nasty habit of shooting first and talking later. And soon what started as a search for a missing person becomes a matter of life and death....
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- Gallone Franco
- 30-10-23
That's suspense
very well constructed, with a lot of unexpected turns. It gives a credible picture of life on the eve of WW2
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- sg
- 31-01-21
highly recommended
This is a newly released recording so very few reviews but it's pretty much perfect. narrator has won awards.
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- NICK
- 26-01-24
Heavy-going
Masterly, how the story develops , and Marlow slowly embroils himself from a standing start. However, I found the plot and style “clunky”, so much so that I lost interest and gave up with five hours to go. As for Chandler’s famous epithets, as a stylistic device these became monotonous.
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- lynne harris
- 20-11-23
Another fantastic listen
Another timeless classic - Philip Marlowe once again brought to life expertly by the narrator. A great story that keeps you gripped right to the end.
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- Ian David Burrell
- 22-07-22
Classic Noire
It starts simple but then spirals into disparate threads, climbing in a tense crescendo as Marlowe pulls it together. Epic.
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- Peter
- 24-05-21
noir classic
I really enjoyed this book. Intelligent writing with a plot that kept me interested to the end, and guessing until the end also. It's very much of it's time, but that time period has been immortalised in classic cinema by the likes of Bogart and Mitchum and if you enjoy those old black and white film noir movies you should enjoy the books, like this one, from which those movies came. I found myself visualising some scenes in my mind's eye as if watching one. In fact I'd say the books have stood the test of time even better than the films. Definitely recommended if you like this genre.
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- Andrew M.
- 28-12-22
A fantastic detective novel
Chandler once again writes a brilliant plot that seems to want only to hurt his character but is instead delicately weaving a story that compels you to keep listening for more.
The reading is very much in keeping with the period and brings the characters to life beautifully.
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