Product Details
ISBN: 9780140109795
Category: General
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 1988-06-30
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Pages: 320
Pagination: 320 pages
Dimensions (mm): 181x111x19mm
Weight: 169g
Farewell, My Lovely
A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is as vague as the heat waves that dance above the sidewalk. The way business is looking, even a hunch is enough. Moose Malloy stands six five and one-half and weighs two hundred and sixty-four pounds, without his necktie. After eight years in the pen, he wants little Velma back, and no cops or mobsters are ready to stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough for the ride, but he can't help thinking there's never been a happy ending to the story of beauty and the beast ...