| The High Window Contributor(s): Chandler, Raymond (Author) |
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ISBN: 0394758269 ISBN-13: 9780394758268 Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1988 Annotation: A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune--the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation. "Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude."-- Erle Stanley Gardner "Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement." -- The New York Times |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Noir - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91050917 |
| Series: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.21" W x 7.99" (0.61 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Southern California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's third novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the quintessential urban private eye (Los Angeles Times). A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune--the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation. Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude. Erle Stanley Gardner Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement. --The New York Times |