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The Goodbye Coast by Joe Ide
In this colorful reinvention of a classic, Philip Marlowe finds himself tangled in two missing persons cases; Ide has chiseled off the rust while keeping the soul of one of American fiction's icons (Dennis Lehane). The seductive and relentless figure of Raymond Chandler's detective, Philip Marlowe, is vividly re-imagined in present-day Los Angeles. Here is a city of scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, virulent inequality, and washed-out police. Acclaimed and award-winning novelist Joe Ide imagines a Marlowe very much of our time: he's a quiet, lonely, and remarkably capable and confident private detective, though he lives beneath the shadow of his father, a once-decorated LAPD homicide detective, famous throughout the city, who's given in to drink after the death of Marlowe's mother. Marlowe, against his better judgement, accepts two missing person cases, the first a daughter of a faded, tyrannical Hollywood starlet, and the second, a British child stolen from his mother by his father. At the center of The Goodbye Coast is Marlowe's troubled and confounding relationship with his father, a son who despises yet respects his dad, and a dad who's unable to hide his bitter disappointment with his grown boy. Steeped in the richly detailed ethnic neighborhoods of modern LA, Ide's The Goodbye Coast is a bold recreation that is viciously funny, ingeniously plotted, and surprisingly tender.Joe Ide was born in the United States and is of Japanese ancestry. His favorite novels as a kid in South Central Los Angeles were Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries. He was enthralled by the notion that a person might face the world and defeat his foes just through intelligence. He went on to get his master's degree and work in a variety of fields before creating IQ, his first novel, which was inspired by his early experiences and his love of Sherlock Holmes.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780316459273 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316459275 |
| Title | The Goodbye Coast |
| Author | Joe Ide |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Mulholland Books |
| Year published | 2022-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |