Philip Marlowe returns - this time penned by cult favourite Lawrence Osborne
Born in England, Lawrence Osborne is the author of the critically
acclaimed novels The Forgiven, The Ballad of a Small Player,
Hunters in the Dark, Beautiful Animals, Only to Sleep- A Philip
Marlowe novel (commissioned by the Raymond Chandler estate), The
Glass Kingdom and On Java Road. His non-fiction ranges from memoir
through travelogue to essays, including Bangkok Days, The Naked
Tourist and The Wet and the Dry. His short story 'Volcano' was
selected for Best American Short Stories 2012.
The film of The Forgiven, starring Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith and
Jessica Chastain was released in 2022. The Ballad of a Small
Player, starring Tilda Swinton and Colin Farrell, is due to be
released in autumn 2025. Osborne lives in Bangkok.
A highly distinctive writer who quickly becomes addictive… I loved
it
*New Statesman, **Books of the Year***
Splendid
*Mail on Sunday*
A brilliant Raymond Chandler continuation novel with an ageing
Philip Marlowe. Osborne and Chandler are a perfect match
*Guardian*
It's a joy to see Philip Marlowe lured back for one last job by the
gleefully unsentimental Lawrence Osborne... If you like noir, pour
yourself something cool and enjoy one final dark night of the
soul
*Joseph Knox, author of Sirens*
The decayed grandeur of the setting, the mystery of an alluring
femme fatale, an old man's tussle with his conscience and his
ageing body, and a healthy number of spectacular set-pieces work a
subtle magic... both a convincing Marlowe and a seedily satisfying
thriller
*Sunday Times*
This is the best Marlowe novel I have read apart from the master's
own works... it's the only one I can imagine Chandler liking
*Daily Telegraph, **Books of the Year***
Osborne succeeds brilliantly... captures the dreamlike quality of
the original Marlowe novels
*Daily Mail*
Superb... Osborne's dialogue and description echo Chandler's wit
and world-weariness with uncanny skill
*Evening Standard*
An exhilarating talent...one of our finest writers
*Sunday Times*
Lawrence Osborne, an accomplished writer of fiction and nonfiction,
has been asked to imagine a new case for Philip Marlow and -- have
a smell from the barrel, all you gunsels and able grables -- it
crackles...brisk and disarming
*New York Times Book Review*
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