{"product_id":"raymond-chandlers-los-angeles-0879512660-used","title":"Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0879512660\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Silver, Alain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo detective is more closely associated with a particular city than is Philip Marlowe with Los Angeles. Marlowe's creator, Raymond Chandler, painted for his a readers a vivid picture of a sun-drenched city eaten away by corruption of every stripe. But Chandler tended to fictionalize the names of the streets, the buildings, the restaurants that appear in his novels. So, in many cases, it fell to the authors of \u003ci\u003eRaymond Chandler's Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e to gather together, as Marlowe did, hints, clues, and leads to uncover the inspirations for the locales in Chandler's fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor instance, in \u003ci\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e Marlowe spends time in the bar of what Chandler calls the Ritz-Beverly Hotel. No such hotel existed, then or now, but Ward and Silver make a convincing case for the Beverly Hills Hotel, home of the famous Polo Lounge, serving as Chandler's inspiration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaymond Chandler's Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e offers a wealth of photographs, making it as well suited to armchair travelers as to the standard variety.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67859408060704,"sku":"USED0879512660","price":27.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71KqvfrO0AL.jpg?v=1792349399","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/raymond-chandlers-los-angeles-0879512660-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}