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- tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
How To Use Philip Marlowe In A Sentence
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- Four books later, Lethem has settled down a lot -- this book is only a detective story, a shrewd portrait of Brooklyn, a retold "Oliver Twist" and a story so baroquely voiced (the hero has Tourette's syndrome) that Philip Marlowe would blush. Books, 'Tis / Frank Mccourt
- Philip Marlowe(Humphrey Bogart): Well, I, uh, I try to be.
- Chandler's detective Philip Marlowe would have understood the terseness of tweeting, though he would have had trouble making a story out of "erratic driving in Tameside", "drunken man urinating in public car park in Oldham: arrested"; or "car left garage without paying for petrol in Bury". Bobbies on the tweet - police go online
- The creator of Philip Marlowe, LA's greatest gumshoe, wanted to be a comparative philologist! Rewind radio: One block in Harlem; A coat, a Hat and a Gun; Seeksmusic.com | review
- There's no single-handed solving of unsolvable murders these days - and no beautiful, blonde dames in distress to be rescued, as in Philip Marlowe's day.
