Only to Sleep Lawrence Osborne

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SeriesPhilip Marlowe

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Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is living out his retirement sipping margaritas and playing cards when in saunter two men dressed like undertakers with a case that has his name written all over it.

Only to Sleep Summary

Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne

Wealthy dead American. Beautiful young widow. This case has PI Philip Marlowe's name written all over it. Is it enough to bring him back for one last adventure? The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is living out his retirement sipping margaritas and playing cards when in saunter two men dressed like undertakers with a case that has his name written all over it. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn - supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger and now very rich wife. Marlowe's speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? And are the pair living off the spoils? 'Osborne and Chandler are a perfect match' William Boyd Discover the rest of the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - nine classic Chandler adventures, from The Big Sleep to The Long Goodbye, available now in paperback and ebook from Penguin Books.

Only to Sleep Reviews

"A highly distinctive writer who quickly becomes addictive... I loved it" -- John Gray * 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" -- William Boyd * 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" -- Andrew Holgate * Sunday Times *

About Lawrence Osborne

Lawrence Osborne was born in England but has travelled and lived all over the world. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Forgiven, The Ballad of a Small Player, Hunters in the Dark and Beautiful Animals. In 2017, he joined Robert B. Parker and John Banville in being asked by the Raymond Chandler Estate to write a new Philip Marlowe novel. Only to Sleep also draws on his time living and working as a reporter on the Mexican border in 1990. His non-fiction includes travelogues and essay collections as well as the drinking odyssey The Wet and the Dry. He currently lives in Bangkok.

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GOR009978122

ISBN 13

9781784706371

ISBN 10

178470637X

Title

Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne

Author

Lawrence Osborne

Series

Philip Marlowe

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

2019-07-04

Number of pages

256

Prizes

N/A

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