{"product_id":"marlowe-book-john-banville-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\u003eBenjamin 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\u003e The 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\u003e Almost 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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49756535914769,"sku":"CIN1250906903G","price":3.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50278584779025,"sku":"CIN1250906903VG","price":4.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50378393846033,"sku":"CIN1250906903A","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50942852366609,"sku":"GOR014137039","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50974251450641,"sku":"GOR014155143","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51022174322961,"sku":"NIN9781250906908","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250906903.jpg?v=1751430232","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/marlowe-book-john-banville-9781250906908","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}