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Ladataan... The Black-Eyed Blonde– tekijä: Benjamin Black
   Books Read in 2020 (2,897) Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Marlowe feels like a time traveller with his updated modern day sensibilities. Just get it over with and move the action into the present. Not offensively bad but joyless. The pointless callbacks got irritating - OK, I believe you have read the original books, well done you. This should really be an original novel what with all the liberties the author is taking and it feels like borrowing the character's name is just a cynical marketing move. (  ) TeaTimeCoder | Dec 23, 2020 |  It's always a risk to read (or write, come to think of it) a new chapter in the life of a well-known and loved character, but Benjamin Black hits all the right notes in this new Philip Marlowe novel. Black channels Chandler with care, grace and a soft touch, which I found very satisfying. I found that in the audiobook version, while it was very well done, the narrator's voice didn't really say "Marlowe" to me. In all other respects, though, the book is a fine echo of a classic Marlowe novel. (  ) sdramsey | Dec 14, 2020 | Another enjoyable and well-made genre piece from an author who seems to be truly enjoying himself. If you were wishing that someone would write more Raymond Chandler, this is likely to be your best bet. Funnier and less richly phrased than the Quirke novels, Black/Banville is, paradoxically, showing his range via restriction. Extra points for the cover art and the Thanks section. Worth it for the dialog. ( ) Eoin | Jun 3, 2019 | Benjamin Black as Philip Marlowe. (  ) pgabj | May 3, 2019 | If you have enjoyed Raymond Chandler’s novels featuring Philip Marlowe, you are in for a treat with this book, as Benjamin Black captures his dialogue, world-weary feelings and the atmosphere of early 1950s Los Angeles in this brilliant recreation. Using a title that Chandler had noted as a possible novel, Black has brought Marlowe to life and linked him to characters and plots that appeared in previous Chandler novels. The whole package makes for a fully charged mystery as Clare Cavendish, the blonde of the title, hires Marlowe to trace her former boyfriend. The twists and turns of the ensuing investigation make this a very worthy and exciting success at Philip Marlowe’s return. camharlow2 | Nov 9, 2018 |
 At the moment, he hasn’t decided whether to do this again. There are reasons for readers to hope he will, but they’re strictly selfish. Mr. Black has already hit a bull’s-eye. He doesn’t have to aim for another.
"Raymond Chandler's incomparable private eye is back, pulled by a seductive young heiress into the most difficult and dangerous case of his career"It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when you begin to wonder if the earth has stopped revolving. The telephone on my desk had the look of something that knows it's being watched. Traffic trickled by in the street below, and there were a few pedestrians, too, men in hats going nowhere."So begins The Black-Eyed Blonde, a new novel featuring Philip Marlowe--yes, that Philip Marlowe. Channeling Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Black has brought Marlowe back to life for a new adventure on the mean streets of Bay City, California. It is the early 1950s, Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Marlowe sets off on his search, but almost immediately discovers that Peterson's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest families and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune.Only Benjamin Black, a modern master of the genre, could write a new Philip Marlowe novel that has all the panache and charm of the originals while delivering a story that is as sharp and fresh as today's best crime fiction"-- No library descriptions found. |
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