{"product_id":"book-gy0h","title":"Marlowe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Boutsikaris does a standout job… . Thug or cop, heiress or moll, he gives them all distinct voices that fit well with the book's Chandleresque prose and dialogue.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dennis Boutsikaris narrates with marvelous aplomb. He nails the cool but inviting tone, the clipped tempo, the razor and the velvet of such a tale… . This is a perfect weekend listen.\" -\u003ci\u003eAudioFile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt \u0026amp; Company.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49357028163888,"sku":"BDgy0h","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gy0h-Square-cover.jpg?v=1781906801","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gy0h","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}