Playback

A mixed view of Raymond Chandler's last completed Philip Marlowe novel "Playback," his writing seemed tired...done before , lacking the usual sharp, dazzling words which made him the best in the genre. However there was only one master, a second magnitude star is way above the norm, forget the plot......more

I looked at her legs. It was only 10 in the morning but she had legs to look at. She had brought them into my office with her. Her legs looked at me but I never found out what they thought. She balanced all of next year’s expense account on her little finger and blew smoke over it. She was wearing t......more

"A Little Quiet Fun At My Own Expense" The waiter set a glass down on the table in front of me. It was my sixth drink in an hour. I couldn’t even remember ordering it. I drank it. It seemed like the right thing to do. The waiter watched me put down the empty glass. “Another shot?” he asked. I nodded.......more

Published in 1958, Playback is the seventh and last of the full-length Philip Marlowe novels written by Raymond Chandler. It appeared five years after The Long Goodbye, which was the sixth book in the series and which many would argue is the best book of them all. Playback is a fairly good read, but......more

Sin ser una de las mejores novelas de Chandler, no defrauda. Aunque sea un Marlowe más cansado, la trama es lo importante.......more