Only to Sleep

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A highly distinctive writer who quickly becomes addictive… I loved it Splendid A brilliant Raymond Chandler continuation novel with an ageing Philip Marlowe. Osborne and Chandler are a perfect match It's a joy to see Philip Marlowe lured back for one last job by the gleefully unsentimental Lawrence Osborne... If you like noir, pour yourself something cool and enjoy one final dark night of the soul The decayed grandeur of the setting, the mystery of an alluring femme fatale, an old man's tussle with his conscience and his ageing body, and a healthy number of spectacular set-pieces work a subtle magic... both a convincing Marlowe and a seedily satisfying thriller This is the best Marlowe novel I have read apart from the master's own works... it's the only one I can imagine Chandler liking Osborne succeeds brilliantly... captures the dreamlike quality of the original Marlowe novels Superb... Osborne's dialogue and description echo Chandler's wit and world-weariness with uncanny skill An exhilarating talent...one of our finest writers Lawrence Osborne, an accomplished writer of fiction and nonfiction, has been asked to imagine a new case for Philip Marlow and -- have a smell from the barrel, all you gunsels and able grables -- it crackles...brisk and disarming Expand reviews