Graham Marks, Guest Editor for August 2010, remembers: "My dad gave me his own Penguin edition of Raymond Chandler’s The High Window (which I still have) when I was about 14. I took it with me when I went back to school, where it was promptly confiscated as ‘unsuitable reading material’ - a decision which, much to my delight, my dad got reversed.
Chandler has been one of my favourite authors ever since then, the master of tight plots, snappy dialogue and sharp characterisation. Reading this book was the start of my love affair with detective fiction and also Los Angeles, where the story is set."
Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband's collection. That's the simple part. It becomes more complicated when Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead.
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Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband's collection. That's the simple part.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The High Window and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-14 years old
The High Window features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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The High Window was written by Raymond Chandler, Mark Billingham and published by Penguin Books Ltd
The High Window has 271 pages
Yes it is part of Phillip Marlowe series
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