The Lady in the Lake is a 1943 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring the Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe. Notable for its removal of Marlowe from his usual Los Angeles environs for much of the book, the novel's complicated plot initially deals with the case of a missing …
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The Lady in the Lake is a 1943 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring the Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe. Notable for its removal of Marlowe from his usual Los Angeles environs for much of the book, the novel's complicated plot initially deals with the case of a missing woman in a small mountain town some 80 miles (130 km) from the city. The book was written shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and makes several references to America's recent involvement in World War II.
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La dama del lago
Paperback, 284 pages
Spanish language
Published Sept. 23, 2004 by El país.
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- 978-84-96246-88-1Copied ISBN!
The Lady in the Lake
English language
Published Dec. 12, 1999 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-582-41674-1Copied ISBN!
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