
The Little Sister
A Philip Marlowe Novel, Book 5
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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 fifth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times).
In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure private eye Philip Marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of Hollywood fame. Chandler's first foray into the industry that dominates the company town that is Los Angeles.
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In this outing, Marlowe is visited by a dour sad member of the opposite sex in town from Manhattan, KS. She is looking for her brother who has moved to LA and who has stopped writing home. Reluctantly, Marlowe takes on the case for a mere $20.
True to all Chandler novels featuring Philip Marlow there is much more going on than a simple lost brother. As Marlowe plows through the case, people are murdered, an older sister on the brink of stardom is introduced, and a shady connection to the mob is unraveled. The conclusion brings us more surprises as Marlowe plows through all the clues.
Scott Brick does an excellent job narrating, once again. The way the novels flow with the inclusion of snappy dialogue, the listening is almost like hearing old time radio. My follow up to the screen versions has come to halt as I find them half-baked attempts at the great fiction to include changing up key components. As typical, Hollywood thinks they know better than the original story. The one exception is the Robert Mitchum version of The Big Sleep. While Mitchum is a little long in the tooth playing the part, he does the best job of any actor (including Bogart) with the low-key satire of Marlowe. The only downside to that one was moving the locale from Los Angeles to Britain for some reason. Anyway, moving on to the next entry in the series. Enjoy.
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