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A review by alastaircraig
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
5.0
"It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window."
The Big Sleep deserves its praise, but here Philip Marlowe, P.I. really comes into his own. Raymond Chandler's writing seems more confident, effortless and - surprisingly often - genuinely hilarious. This time we really get to know Marlowe in all his self-defeating snark; his anti-social eccentricities; his pathetic coffee addiction; his slightly-rarer-than-expected flashes of kindness.
It may have helped shape a genre, but this book has so many quirky touches, fun turns of phrase and pure class that even today, it never fully enters the realm of cliche. Just lightly flirts with it.
The Big Sleep deserves its praise, but here Philip Marlowe, P.I. really comes into his own. Raymond Chandler's writing seems more confident, effortless and - surprisingly often - genuinely hilarious. This time we really get to know Marlowe in all his self-defeating snark; his anti-social eccentricities; his pathetic coffee addiction; his slightly-rarer-than-expected flashes of kindness.
It may have helped shape a genre, but this book has so many quirky touches, fun turns of phrase and pure class that even today, it never fully enters the realm of cliche. Just lightly flirts with it.