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Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until someone framed Malloy for armed robbery. Now his stretch is up and he wants Velma back. PI Philip Marlow meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help him.

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. Hes willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty.

Obra de madurez de Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), “El largo adiós” (1953) discurre a través de una compleja trama que se urde en torno a Terry Lennox –millonario consorte y veterano de guerra con el q

"Quattro racconti (""Giada cinese"", ""La donna del lago"", ""In montagna non c''e pace"" e, appunto, ""Blues di Bay City"") degli otto (gli altri sono raccolti in ""L''uomo a cui piacevano i cani""), composti tra il 1935 e il 1941 di cui Raymond Chandler era gelosissimo: non li volle pubblicare in vita e uscirono postumi, nel 1964. Costituivano per lo scrittore una fonte segreta a cui attingere idee per scrivere uno dei suoi romanzi. Ne cavava ora un personaggio, ora un episodio, ora una descrizione. Vi si trova anche un antesignano del celebre investigatore privato Philip Marlowe: un detective di nome Johnny Dalmas, ma si tratta gia dell''""uomo nato per l''avventura"", animato dal desiderio di portare a termine un''opera ""appassionatamente morale"". "

Nel genere noir c'è un prima e un dopo Raymond Chandler. O, per meglio dire, non ci sarebbe il noir senza Raymond Chandler, indiscusso "fondatore" del genere. Il suo mondo di pistole, sigarette, bar fumosi, marciapiedi umidi di pioggia, dark lady e duri con l'impermeabile si è impresso per sempre nella memoria collettiva. Rafforzato da una scrittura secca, potente come una fucilata, attenta come un'amante. I suoi racconti, nessuno escluso, sono autentici gioielli narrativi.

Una moglie scomparsa, un marito preoccupato. E' la situazione da cui prende avvio la vicenda in cui Philip Marlowe, spedito alla ricerca della moglie, trova prima il cadavere di una donna, poi quello di un uomo, finisce in galera e riesce infine a ricomporre i pezzi di un mosaico intricato in cui figurano mariti infedeli, infermiere compiacenti, poliziotti corrotti e gli effetti di una passione fatale.

Sullo sfondo di una California ricca e corrotta, pullulante anche di miserabili in attesa del colpo grosso, Philiph Marlowe viene sguinzagliato sulle tracce di un marito scomparso. Si inbatte in un ex carcerato, uscito di galera dopo otto anni di detenzione, e da lui viene incaricato di trovare la sua donna, anche lei scomparsa. Ne nasce una vicenda a tinte forti, condita di ricatti e violenza, lusso e una lunga catena di delitti. Un autentico capolavoro del genere 'hard boiled'. Dal romanzo sono stati tratti anche i film "L'ombra del passato" (1944), interpretato da Dick Powell, e "Marlowe, il poliziotto privato" (1975), con Robert Mitchum e Charlotte Rampling.

Killer in the Rain collects together eight classic short stories by Raymond Chandler. It was in the pulp detective magazines of the 1930s that Raymond Chandler s definitive take on the hard-boiled detective story first appeared. Here then, from the well-thumbed pages of Black Mask and Dime Detective Magazine , are eight of his finest stories including The Man Who Liked Dogs , The Lady in the Lake and Bay City Blues . Sharper than a hoodlum s switchblade, more exciting than an unexpected red-head and stronger than a double shot of whisky, they are packed full of the punchy poetry and laconic wit that makes Chandler the undisputed master of his genre.

A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is as vague as the heat waves that dance above the sidewalk. The way business is looking, even a hunch is enough. Moose Malloy stands six five and one-half and weighs two hundred and sixty-four pounds, without his necktie. After eight years in the pen, he wants little Velma back, and no cops or mobsters are ready to stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough for the ride, but he can't help thinking - there's never been a happy ending to the story of beauty and the beast ...

It was in the pulp detective magazines of the 1930s that Raymond Chandler's definitive take on the hard-boiled detective story first appeared. Here then, from the pages of the Black Mask and Dime Detective Magazine, are eight of his finest stories. Sharper than a hoodlum's switchblade, more exciting than an unexpected red-head and stronger than a double shot of whiskey, they are packed full of the punchy poetry and laconic wit that makes Chandler the undisputed master of his genre.