The Irish understudy takes on Chandler's habits convincingly. The Marlowe books have a paradoxical tone of energetic weariness, which this imitation echoes in numerous lines. Visiting a witness, the detective reports that he "lowered himself into one of the armchairs. It was so deep my knees nearly gave me an uppercut." Painted roses on a bedside lamp throw shadows that look like "bloodstains someone had started to wash away and then given up on". She pointed to the piece of paper in my hand. "I've put my telephone number on there. Call me whenever you need to." Los personajes me gustaron todos. Con respecto a Marlowe, había algunas cosas de él que no me terminaban de cerrar; aunque seguramente esto tiene que ver con que él es ese hombre que no conoce a las mujeres, pero tampoco se conoce a sí mismo (cito textual de la contratapa) Igualmente, me gustó mucho su honestidad, y que siempre respeta el libreto del detective privado. En este caso, no revelar jamás para quién está trabajando, aunque esto le traiga problemas a la hora de la investigación; a pesar de que todo alrededor se produzca en contextos de mafia, estafas, violencia y traiciones, él nunca da el brazo a torcer y acciona según sus valores y no por lo que le inducen a hacer. Los personajes secundarios también estuvieron bien trabajados, y creo que complementan bien al principal. Chitwood, Adam (13 February 2023). "2023 Movie Release Dates: A Schedule of Upcoming New Films". The Wrap. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023 . Retrieved 14 February 2023. It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when you begin to wonder if the earth has stopped revolving."

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But the very next night, the girl who shared Diana's apartment was found murdered. At the scene of the crime, the police found two vital clues: the murder weapon, a pistol covered with Diana's fingerprints, and her bag containing a receipt for his services, signed "Perry Mason per Della Street". I thought for a bit, and let her see me thinking. "Tell me," I said, "when did you realize he was gone? I mean, when did you decide he had"—now it was my turn to smile—"disappeared?" Women are not the only thing I don’t understand—I don’t understand myself, either, not one little bit." Sasha Magaloff" is now known to be the actor Mitchell Rhein. Submitted by catyron, November 16, 2020. Chandler said, "Mystery and the solution of the mystery are only what I call 'the olive in the Martini'. The really good mystery is one you would read even if you knew somebody had torn out the last chapter."I considered poking at my pipe again but thought it would seem a little obvious the second time around. Instead I gave her a level look, making my eyes go blank. "As I said, Mrs. Cavendish—a hundred down and twenty-five a day, plus expenses. The way I work, every case is a special case." Uncredited Actors: Burr’s stand-in, Lee Miller, makes one of many appearances as the unobtrusive but dutiful Sgt. Brice. Submitted by gracep, 9/27/2010. Seen as a crime novel in its own right it is a cut above anything else out there.” — The Irish Times

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As a self-proclaimed Raymond Chandler expert, I read this book with an exceptionally critical eye, and what resulted was a two star book rating. Maybe I read it too closely, because I can see how it might have been an okay book, if only it weren't supposed to be a Marlowe one. For me, this was like a strange imitation Chandler, but not a parroting. It was more like the book was parading about in the skin of a Chandler book, and sometimes it would look like Chandler, but then I would notice a glaring imperfection that would shake me out of any illusions I had. In 1921, a dozen years before his first Perry Mason sale, Gardner broke into print with a story he sold for fifteen dollars entitled, “Nellie’s Naughty Nighty.” His mother read the title and was so scandalized, she refused to read another word. After that first sale, Gardner faced repeated rejection. "I wrote the worst stories that ever hit New York,” he later admitted. "My stories were terrible...I didn't know how to plot [and] I had no natural aptitude as a writer." Was it a long time? I kept thinking I'd hear from him, that the phone would ring one day and he'd be calling from Mexico or somewhere."Weintraub, Steve (6 January 2022). "Diane Kruger on The 355, Why Jessica Chastain Is Such a Great Producer, and Neil Jordan's Marlowe". Collider. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022 . Retrieved 7 January 2022.

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Kroll, Justin (31 March 2017). "Liam Neeson, Departed Scribe William Monahan Team Up for Philip Marlowe Movie (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021 . Retrieved 8 June 2021.Perry Mason became arguably the most famous fictional lawyer of all time, featured in more than 80 novels and short stories. Gardner personally cast actor Raymond Burr—dark, handsome and velvet voiced—for the TV role, and episodes still run today on television all over the world. Feel good, true, but I think that there would be no way even then to keep the truth about Bobby from Matthew Bartlett. The law would have insisted on it. Submitted by MikeReese, 8/16/2014.