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The Long Goodbye Series: Selected Chandler Novels (All Three Volumes)
Whenever he is in trouble, Haruki Murakami turns to Chandler! It includes the three representative novels of Haruki Murakami's literary idol Chandler: "The Long Goodbye", "Goodbye, My Love" and "The Big Sleep". Specially comes with a book fan's handbook, an illustration of detective items, and a story map. Synopsis of "The Long Goodbye": A mysterious and elegant charming drunkard, a lonely and unruly tough detective. A glass of wine, a promise, a friendship between men. A huge bill, a sweet drea
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Simple Art of Murder
This book is a collection of short stories by American hard-boiled detective novelist Chandler. The eight short stories included in the book have been published in the American popular fiction magazine Pulps, which fully demonstrate the author's rich imagination and extraordinary ability to control the form and structure of novels. In addition, there is an essay by the author in the book, which provides subtle insights into the connections and differences between detective novels and literary wo
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Long Farewell
An encounter between a drunkard and a detective, A farewell involving a murder case, A series of murders and friendships between men, To say goodbye is to die a little. A murder occurred in New York's upper class that everyone wanted to cover up, but Marlowe was determined to pursue it to the end and find out the real murderer! The gangsters, white gangsters, politics and the police are acting out scenes of entanglement, filth and depravity. As the truth approached, Marlowe realized that from th
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Sleep Forever
Chandler's masterpiece. Chandler Quotes: Your feelings for others may not be much more than the butcher's feelings for the animals he slaughters. 2. I don't care if you show me your thighs. Your legs are indeed beautiful. It's a blessing to get to know them. 3. He spoke slowly and sparingly his energy, like an unemployed showgirl sparingly using her last pair of good socks. 4. "Police are human beings too." "They used to be. I heard." 5. She walked up to me, exuding sexiness that could ruin a lu
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The Long Goodbye (2022 Edition)
"Who the hell wants to be happy when I'm rich? I'm a weak-willed person with no guts or ambition. I grabbed a brass ring and was shocked to find it wasn't gold._X000D_ People like me are brilliant once in a lifetime, flying perfectly on the swing. The rest of my life was spent on one thing: trying not to fall off the sidewalk into a ditch. "_X000D_ "You talk too much and it's all about yourself. Goodbye."_X000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ In this city that is rich, vibrant, and full of pride, in this city
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Sleep Forever
An old and wealthy general, a pair of beautiful but eccentric sisters. A commission, a blackmail letter, a missing son-in-law. A heavy rain, a corpse, and a crazy naked girl. One kiss, one encounter, and I've never seen you again. In the darkness of this city, these stories are happening...
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Little Sister
Marlowe accepted a 20 yuan retainer to find the missing brother of a simple small town girl. Things don't seem to be that simple. Every time Marlow goes to an investigation point, he always encounters a corpse with an ice drill stuck in his neck. However, the small town girl still looks innocent...
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Little Sister
This book was created in 1949. It is a classic in the Chandler series and has been adapted for the screen. Detective Marlowe is hired to find a person. From behind the scheming and hesitant eyes of his client Ofa Mei, a seemingly weak "little sister", Marlowe smells something strange and sinister. Two ice pick murders that followed one after another, a mysterious candid photo, and threats from the underworld. Marlowe fought alone and escaped from death several times. Little by little, he unravel
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Finding Trouble Is My Profession
Raymond Chandler is good at creating cold, hard and dark story atmospheres. His short stories are thrilling at every step. Lonely and dangerous souls are found in every corner of the metropolis. Celebrities, prostitutes, gangsters, businessmen, private detectives, police... All fight openly and secretly for their own purposes. The protagonist is entangled in a conspiracy. With his sophisticated skills and shrewdness, he can see through each sinister plot and uncover the shocking inside story hid
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Smart-Aleck Killer
Raymond Chandler is good at creating cold, hard, and dark story atmospheres. His short stories are thrilling at every step. Lonely and dangerous souls can be found in every corner of the metropolis. Stars, prostitutes, gangsters, businessmen, private detectives, police... All fight openly and secretly for their own purposes. The protagonist is entangled in a conspiracy. With his sophisticated skills and shrewdness, he can see through each sinister conspiracy and uncover the shocking inside story
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The Reasoner's Elegy: a Collection of Classic European and American Mystery Novels
Murder in full view, the murderer is hidden among the crowd His name is one of the greatest names in the history of American fiction. He is the only mystery novelist in the world who has entered the palace of classic literature with detective novels - Raymond Chandler. Her works have never failed in her life, and she is one of the three great heroines in the second golden period of the history of reasoning since the 1930s - Josephine Tey. They set a precedent for co-authoring mystery novels, and
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