The Lady In The Lake
Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. In The Lady in the Lake, Derace Kingsley, a wealthy businessman, hires Marlowe to find his estranged wife Crystal, fearing that she may have got herself into a scandal. Rich, pretty, spoiled and reckless, Crystal is all kinds of trouble rolled into one as far as Marlowe’s concerned, but he agrees to take the case and heads to Kingsley’s vacation home in Little Fawn Lake to find the lady. And sure enough, one turns up - drowned and almost unrecognizable except for her clothes and jewellery. But there’s a snag: the body is identified as Muriel Chess, the caretaker’s wife. With Crystal still missing and corpses turning up wherever he goes, the case soon turns into one of the toughest Marlowe’s ever encountered... Starring Toby Stephens, this thrilling dramatisation perfectly evokes the atmosphere of Chandler’s fast-paced, absorbing novel.
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"Raymond Chandler is a master." --"The New York Times"
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"“[Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered.” --"The New Yorker
"“Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious.” --Robert B. Parker, "The New York Times Book Review
"“Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye.” --"Los Angeles Times
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“Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . . An original. . . . A great artist.” —"The Boston Book Review
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“Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. . . . Age does not wither Chandler’s prose. . . . He wrote like an angel.” --"Literary Review
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“[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action t
"Raymond Chandler is a master." --"The New York Times"
"
" [Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered. --"The New Yorker
" Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious. --Robert B. Parker, "The New York Times Book Review
" Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye. --"Los Angeles Times
"
Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . . An original. . . . A great artist. "The Boston Book Review
"
Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. . . . Age does not wither Chandler s prose. . . . He wrote like an angel. --"Literary Review
"
[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision. --Joyce Carol Oates, "The New York Review of Books
" Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence. Ross Macdonald
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" Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude. --Erle Stanley Gardner
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" Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since. --Paul Auster
[Chandler] s the perfect novelist for our times. He takes us into a different world, a world that s like ours, but isn t. --Carolyn See
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-Raymond Chandler is a master.- --The New York Times
-[Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered.- --The New Yorker
-Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious.- --Robert B. Parker, The New York Times Book Review
-Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye.- --Los Angeles Times
-Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . . An original. . . . A great artist.- --The Boston Book Review
-Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. . . . Age does not wither Chandler's prose. . . . He wrote like an angel.- --Literary Review
-[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision.- --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books
-Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence.- --Ross Macdonald
-Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude.- --Erle Stanley Gardner
-Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since.- --Paul Auster
-[Chandler]'s the perfect novelist for our times. He takes us into a different world, a world that's like ours, but isn't. - --Carolyn See
"Raymond Chandler is a master." --The New York Times
"[Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered." --The New Yorker "Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious." --Robert B. Parker, The New York Times Book Review "Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye." --Los Angeles Times
"Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . . An original. . . . A great artist." --The Boston Book Review
"Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. . . . Age does not wither Chandler's prose. . . . He wrote like an angel." --Literary Review
"[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision." --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books "Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence." --Ross Macdonald
"Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude." --Erle Stanley Gardner
"Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since." --Paul Auster "[Chandler]'s the perfect novelist for our times. He takes us into a different world, a world that's like ours, but isn't. " --Carolyn See
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"“[Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered.” --"The New Yorker
"“Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious.” --Robert B. Parker, "The New York Times Book Review
"“Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye.” --"Los Angeles Times
"
“Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . . An original. . . . A great artist.” —"The Boston Book Review
"
“Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. . . . Age does not wither Chandler’s prose. . . . He wrote like an angel.” --"Literary Review
"
“[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action t
"Raymond Chandler is a master." --"The New York Times"
"
" [Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered. --"The New Yorker
" Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious. --Robert B. Parker, "The New York Times Book Review
" Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye. --"Los Angeles Times
"
Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . . An original. . . . A great artist. "The Boston Book Review
"
Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. . . . Age does not wither Chandler s prose. . . . He wrote like an angel. --"Literary Review
"
[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision. --Joyce Carol Oates, "The New York Review of Books
" Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence. Ross Macdonald
"
" Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude. --Erle Stanley Gardner
"
" Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since. --Paul Auster
[Chandler] s the perfect novelist for our times. He takes us into a different world, a world that s like ours, but isn t. --Carolyn See
"
""
-Raymond Chandler is a master.- --The New York Times
-[Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered.- --The New Yorker
-Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious.- --Robert B. Parker, The New York Times Book Review
-Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye.- --Los Angeles Times
-Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . . An original. . . . A great artist.- --The Boston Book Review
-Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. . . . Age does not wither Chandler's prose. . . . He wrote like an angel.- --Literary Review
-[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision.- --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books
-Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence.- --Ross Macdonald
-Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude.- --Erle Stanley Gardner
-Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since.- --Paul Auster
-[Chandler]'s the perfect novelist for our times. He takes us into a different world, a world that's like ours, but isn't. - --Carolyn See
"Raymond Chandler is a master." --The New York Times
"[Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered." --The New Yorker "Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious." --Robert B. Parker, The New York Times Book Review "Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye." --Los Angeles Times
"Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . . An original. . . . A great artist." --The Boston Book Review
"Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. . . . Age does not wither Chandler's prose. . . . He wrote like an angel." --Literary Review
"[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision." --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books "Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence." --Ross Macdonald
"Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude." --Erle Stanley Gardner
"Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since." --Paul Auster "[Chandler]'s the perfect novelist for our times. He takes us into a different world, a world that's like ours, but isn't. " --Carolyn See
A brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Raymond Chandler mystery, starring Toby Stephens as Philip Marlowe.
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