urbaer reviewed Poodle Springs by Raymond Chandler
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3 stars
A quick read. Marlowe is married to Linda, moves out to a desert suburb of Poodle Springs and has to track down a man who seems to be hiding out in LA. The action sees Marlowe flit between LA and Poodle Springs eventually drawing the ire of multiple police departments, shady businessmen and his wife.
The dialogue with Linda is horrid. It tries to keep the snarky banter that you expect from a noir, but it somehow manages to be mean spirited and dull at the same time. Almost as if writing for newlyweds was just too hard for Chandler to pull off (Parker continues in a pretty dull fashion).
And on Parker, there does seem to be some lines that get repeated during the book, mostly his conversations with Linda and it did feel like padding at times. But eh
Despite this it was a decent enough read and …
A quick read. Marlowe is married to Linda, moves out to a desert suburb of Poodle Springs and has to track down a man who seems to be hiding out in LA. The action sees Marlowe flit between LA and Poodle Springs eventually drawing the ire of multiple police departments, shady businessmen and his wife.
The dialogue with Linda is horrid. It tries to keep the snarky banter that you expect from a noir, but it somehow manages to be mean spirited and dull at the same time. Almost as if writing for newlyweds was just too hard for Chandler to pull off (Parker continues in a pretty dull fashion).
And on Parker, there does seem to be some lines that get repeated during the book, mostly his conversations with Linda and it did feel like padding at times. But eh
Despite this it was a decent enough read and maybe I should try reading some of Parker's stuff without Chandler's limitations applied
