{"product_id":"only-to-sleep","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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50951218168096,"sku":"9781524759629","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781524759629.jpg?v=1763633866","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/only-to-sleep","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}