{"product_id":"only-to-sleep-a-philip-marlowe-novel-9781524759629","title":"Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eLawrence Osborne brings one of literature's most enduring detectives back to life--as Private Investigator Philip Marlowe returns for one last adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eAND NPR - NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR AND SHAMUS AWARDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1988. The place, Baja California. And Philip Marlowe--now in his seventy-second year--is living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers, with a case that has his name written all over it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Marlowe, this is his last roll of the dice, his swan song. His mission is to investigate the death of Donald Zinn--supposedly drowned off his yacht, and leaving behind a much younger and now very rich wife. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet between the border and badlands of Mexico and California, Lawrence Osborne's resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOnly to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A new case for Philip Marlowe and--have a smell from the barrel, all you gunsels and able grables --it \u003ci\u003ecrackles\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant. Osborne and Chandler are a perfect match.\"\u003cb\u003e--William Boyd, author of \u003ci\u003eAny Human Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Marlowe we at once know, but have never met before. As much a meditation on aging and memory as it is a crime thriller.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's the kind of book where, when you read it, it turns the world to black and white for a half-hour afterward. It leaves you with the taste of rum and blood in your mouth. It hangs with you like a scar.\"\u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLAWRENCE OSBORNE was born in England but has traveled and lived all over the world. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eThe Forgiven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of a Small Player\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHunters in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Animals. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the third writer, after John Banville (writing as Benjamin Black) and Robert B. Parker, to be asked by the Raymond Chandler Estate to write a new Philip Marlowe novel. In \u003ci\u003eOnly to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, Osborne draws from his time working as a reporter on the Mexican border in the early 1990s. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConde Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He lives in Bangkok.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hogarth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50351279276306,"sku":"9781524759629","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee51c8d3-c5ca-45eb-96cd-1054e9ee4725.jpg?v=1728260504","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/only-to-sleep-a-philip-marlowe-novel-9781524759629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}