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The Goodbye Coast
- Author
- Joe Ide
- Narrator
- Vikas Adam
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 1 February 2022
- Run Time
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
IAN RANKIN
'A total gobsmacking original'
JAMES PATTERSON
'A blast from start to finish'
DENNIS LEHANE
Los Angeles - a city of scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, virulent inequality and washed-out police.
Roaming the city streets is Philip Marlowe: a quiet, lonely, remarkably capable private detective, living beneath the shadow of his father - a once-decorated LAPD homicide detective now drinking his life away.
Marlowe's latest client is tyrannical starlet Kendra James. Kendra's husband was fatally shot near their Malibu home, but even though that murder remains unresolved, the actress is more interested in tracking down her 17-year-old stepdaughter. But things get complicated after Marlowe lands a second missing person search from British academic Ren Stewart, whose ex-husband has kidnapped their seven-year-old son.
Critics Review
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Private eye Philip Marlowe is transplanted into 21st-century Los Angeles in this tongue-in-cheek tribute to the classic works of Raymond Chandler... The wisecracking dialogue, outlandish characters and vicious slapstick make The Goodbye Coast a joy to read from the very first page.
The Times
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A terrific read - pacy, with tension, pathos, wonderful descriptions of LA and some lovely one-liners.
Guardian
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The laugh-out-loud dialogue, the vivid similes, the complicated story and the set-piece subplots are all vintage Chandler. The gripping flashbacks, the adrenaline-pumping action and the heart-piercing poignance show Mr. Ide at his best. The Goodbye Coast delivers the distilled essence of both authors for the price of one.
Wall Street Journal
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How the hell do you write a mystery about Philip Marlowe, set it in Los Angeles, and still make it a total gobsmacking original? That's the miracle of Joe Ide's The Goodbye Coast. Ide has created a Philip Marlowe for the 2020s. And an L.A. that he clearly loves and hates
James Patterson
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Not so much a reimagining of Chandler's world as a reinvigoration. By transplanting Philip Marlowe to 2021 LA, Joe Ide has chiseled off the rust while keeping the soul of one of American fiction's icons. The Goodbye Coast is a blast from start to finish
Dennis Lehane
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Sunshine and skullduggery, movie stars and mayhem - Joe Ide brings us a Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suit
Ian Rankin
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There is tension, violence, humor, and a bit of sadness, with romance just out of the hero's reach. This one's witty, clever, and fun, and it's worthy of the great Raymond Chandler.
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Details
- Author
- Joe Ide
- Narrator
- Vikas Adam
- Duration
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 February 2022
- ISBN
- 9781474614740
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Synopsis
'A Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suit'IAN RANKIN'A total gobsmacking original'JAMES PATTERSON'A blast from start to finish'DENNIS LEHANELos Angeles - a city of scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, virulent inequality and washed-out police. Roaming the city streets is Philip Marlowe: a quiet, lonely, remarkably capable private detective, living beneath the shadow of his father - a once-decorated LAPD homicide detective now drinking his life away.Marlowe's latest client is tyrannical starlet Kendra James. Kendra's husband was fatally shot near their Malibu home, but even though that murder remains unresolved, the actress is more interested in tracking down her 17-year-old stepdaughter. But things get complicated after Marlowe lands a second missing person search from British academic Ren Stewart, whose ex-husband has kidnapped their seven-year-old son.
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