{"product_id":"only-to-sleep-book-lawrence-osborne-9781524759612","title":"Only to Sleep","description":"\u003cb\u003eLawrence Osborne brings one of literature's most enduring detectives back to life--as Private Investigator Philip Marlowe returns for one last adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eAND NPR - NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR AND SHAMUS AWARDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1988. The place, Baja California. And Philip Marlowe--now in his seventy-second year--is living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Marlowe, this is his last roll of the dice, his swan song. His mission is to investigate the death of Donald Zinn--supposedly drowned off his yacht, and leaving behind a much younger and now very rich wife. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOnly to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new case for Philip Marlowe and--have a smell from the barrel, all you gunsels and able grables --it \u003ci\u003ecrackles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant. Osborne and Chandler are a perfect match.\u003cb\u003e--William Boyd, author of \u003ci\u003eAny Human Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Marlowe we at once know, but have never met before. As much a meditation on aging and memory as it is a crime thriller.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the kind of book where, when you read it, it turns the world to black and white for a half-hour afterward. It leaves you with the taste of rum and blood in your mouth. It hangs with you like a scar.\u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49584356753681,"sku":"GOR009428251","price":21.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49711322530065,"sku":"CIN1524759619G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50292616986897,"sku":"CIN1524759619VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52701018095889,"sku":"GOR010275589","price":16.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53148289761553,"sku":"GOR013023689","price":15.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1524759619.jpg?v=1751447716","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/only-to-sleep-book-lawrence-osborne-9781524759612","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}