
Farewell, My Lovely
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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By:
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Raymond Chandler
Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times).
Philip Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard.
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Critic reviews
“[Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered.” (The New Yorker)
"Raymond Chandler is a master." (The New York Times)
“[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision.” (Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books)
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Hard to beat the e original noir
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narration needs work.
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Deservedly honored book author. Wonderful production. Just right music at the right pauses. I wondered ahead of time if hearing an additional Scott Brick narration (he does a number of detective audio books) would interfere, no. Like I'd never heard it before. He is Marlowe.
If you know Los Angeles, it's even better.
Pure..
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Voices were a bit samey, but it works for first person.
Good twist. Full commit.
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Bay City dreams
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A classic, but not best narration
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This novel did not disappoint in any respect. I went into the story with my eyes wide open realizing this was written over 80 years ago. There is dated dialogue, racial reference that would not be accepted in 2023, and none of today's technological convenieces to be had. Nevertheless, with Scott Brick's great skills as a narrator telling a well written novel, just pulled me into the story from start to finish.
PI Marlowe is pulled into a search for an ex-con's girlfriend, Before he can get his wits about him, he is witness to a murder and sucked into a con scheme involving stolen jewelry. The plot moves along at a solid pace and has a bit of a twist at the end. Really good stuff and I will be looking for more Chandler/Marlowe novels narrated by Mr. Brick.
Update: Just watched the 1975 movie version starring Robert Mitchum as Marlowe. It was an okay flick and contained the general plotline of the novel, but was just not as satisfying as the novel itself. I have said this before, but it amazes me how movie and tv script writers deviate from the written page creating a less satisfying product.
Crime Noir At It's Best
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Couldn’t “Put It Down”
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Worthy
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Quality of the story
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