The Little Sister
First published 1949 · English · 257 pages
- Novels
- Adventure
- Mystery and crime
A young woman from Kansas asks Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother in Los Angeles. The search leads him into the film world, with its fading stars, agents and studio fixers, and into a series of killings that seem to have no clear pattern. Written after Chandler's own experience as a Hollywood screenwriter, the novel is a bitter, often funny look at the movie business and at a weary Marlowe who is increasingly unhappy with the city around him.
Quotes
I hung up.It was a step in the right direction, but it didn't go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hid under the desk.
He used to wear a little blond moustache but Mother made him cut it off. She said -''Don't tell me. The minister needed it to stuff a cushion.