{"product_id":"marlowe-3","title":"Marlowe By John Banville","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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57821000270206,"sku":"NW9781250906908","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781250906908.jpg?v=1786182047","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/marlowe-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}