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''I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room''

Cynical Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe always falls for a sob story. Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until Malloy was framed for armed robbery. Now he''s out and he wants Velma back. Marlowe meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe''s search for Velma turns up plenty of 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 . . .

Farewell, My Lovely is Raymond Chandler''s second novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.

''Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence'' Daily Telegraph

Farewell My Lovely

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    A Paperback / softback by Raymond Chandler, Colin Dexter

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 28 October 2010
      ISBN-13 9780241954355
      978-0241954355
      ISBN-10 0241954355
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      Classics Crime & Thrillers

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room''

      Cynical Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe always falls for a sob story. Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until Malloy was framed for armed robbery. Now he''s out and he wants Velma back. Marlowe meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe''s search for Velma turns up plenty of 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 . . .

      Farewell, My Lovely is Raymond Chandler''s second novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.

      ''Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence'' Daily Telegraph

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