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The High Window is a 1942 novel written by Raymond Chandler. It is his third novel featuring the Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe.
- Raymond Chandler
- 1942
Jul 1, 2024 · Expect nothing of strangers, of your parents in the street, passing you unnoticed, a stranger passing strangers looking down, the Homburg they gave you in another life. hiding your face. and your ghost invisible. Eat the dead animal, enough and more. In any chair in any house sit artfully, and know the number of steps.
In The High Window, Marlowe starts out on the trail of a single stolen coin and ends up knee-deep in bodies. His client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband’s collection.
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May 9, 2023 · The High Window. by. Raymond Chandler. Publication date. 1942-01-01. Publisher. Grosset & Dunlap. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.
- Paperback
Jun 11, 2002 · A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune—the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation. "Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude."
- Raymond Chandler
Jun 11, 2002 · The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic...
