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Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 9780241954324
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: Re-issue
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Her name is Orfamay Quest and she's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or leastways that's what she tells PI Philip Marlowe, offering him a measly twenty bucks for the privilege. But Marlowe's feeling charitable - though it's not long before he wishes he wasn't so sweet.
Her name is Orfamay Quest and she's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or leastways that's what she tells PI Philip Marlowe, offering him a measly twenty bucks for the privilege. But Marlowe's feeling charitable - though it's not long before he wishes he wasn't so sweet. You see, Orrin's trail leads Marlowe to luscious movie starlets, uppity gangsters, suspicious cops and corpses with ice picks jammed in their necks. When trouble comes calling, sometimes it's best to pretend to be out...
| ISBN | 0241954320 | | Weight (grammes) | 205 | | ISBN13 | 9780241954324
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780140108965 | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 28 Oct 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | Writer of introduction | Val McDermid | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 304 | |
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