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A review by bioniclib
Poodle Springs by Robert B. Parker
4.0
I hesitated for a good long while before reading this book. I am such a big Raymond Chandler fan that I was scared of judging whomever picked up the Marlowe baton too harshly. At the same time, I was saving it because once read, I would have exhausted all of Mr. Chandler's fiction. Turns out I was both wrong and right.
In my eyes, Robert Parker proved himself a worthy successor. He seemed to seamlessly tie his own style with Chandler's:
"She had on all the makeup there was and maybe a little no one else knew about." p.96
"The house that rose up in front of us wasn’t anywhere near big enough to hold all of California. Probably not more than the entire population of Los Angeles comfortably." p.106
This story starts with Marlowe a newlywed. I wonder what Chandler had in mind. He wrote but the first 4 (out of 41) chapters before shuffling loose his mortal coil. The plot wasn't quite up to the standards I hold the other Marlowe novels but that may be my not seeing it clearly because I'm so infatuated with the character.
One minor complaint (aside from the book falling a few dozen pages short of 200) was Parker's overuse of a pair of witty sayings; something like "I had nothing to say. So I let it lie." and "I gave him the gunfighter's salute."
All in all, it was a fine ending to Marlowe's cannon.
In my eyes, Robert Parker proved himself a worthy successor. He seemed to seamlessly tie his own style with Chandler's:
"She had on all the makeup there was and maybe a little no one else knew about." p.96
"The house that rose up in front of us wasn’t anywhere near big enough to hold all of California. Probably not more than the entire population of Los Angeles comfortably." p.106
This story starts with Marlowe a newlywed. I wonder what Chandler had in mind. He wrote but the first 4 (out of 41) chapters before shuffling loose his mortal coil. The plot wasn't quite up to the standards I hold the other Marlowe novels but that may be my not seeing it clearly because I'm so infatuated with the character.
One minor complaint (aside from the book falling a few dozen pages short of 200) was Parker's overuse of a pair of witty sayings; something like "I had nothing to say. So I let it lie." and "I gave him the gunfighter's salute."
All in all, it was a fine ending to Marlowe's cannon.