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Raymond ChandlerA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Marlowe is a detective in 1930s Los Angeles. He’s in his mid-thirties, six-feet tall, weighs 195 pounds, and has dark hair and brown eyes. Marlowe is attractive to women despite the downtrodden attitude he likes to project. Although he’s confronted with the seamier side of humanity on a daily basis, Marlowe retains a personal code of ethics.
The P.I. narrates all the stories in this collection with a wry sense of humor that displays both cynicism and hope. He’s suspicious of the motives of clients and criminals but still has the capacity to recognize innocence and decency in others when he sees it. Above all else, Marlowe is determined to find the truth. His task is frequently impeded by malefactors who come from the upper ranks of society and are used to getting away with murder. Against impossible odds, Marlowe always manages to solve his cases.
By Raymond Chandler