Author: CHANDLER, RAYMOND (1888-1959)
Title: Trouble is my business : and other short stories / Raymond Chandler
Description: London : Penguin 1950. First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.Physical description; 248 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; Stories orig. publ. 1933-39. 1969 reprint. Contents; Trouble is my business. Red wind. I'll be waiting. Goldfish. Guns at Cyrano's. Summary; In the first of the four cases in 'Trouble is My Business'. LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses and cops and he's taken pity on the girl. There's nothing like making trouble of your business.The four novellas collected here are quintessential Raymond Chandler: slick. crystal-clear writing that pins the reader to the seat and won't let go until the last page is turned. Subjects; Private investigators — California — Los Angeles — Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. American. Marlowe. Philip (Fictitious character) — Fiction. Crime & mystery ; Short stories. FICTION / General. American short stories. Genre; Fiction. Weight in Kg appr.:

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