by Raymond Chandler · Penguin Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780146000348
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«Goldfish» is a crime story by Raymond Chandler, published by Penguin Books Ltd in paperback (64 pages, in English).
Detective John Dalmas investigates the theft of the Leander pearls, which occurred nineteen years ago: the thief was caught, but the jewels never surfaced and a reward is still offered for them. A woman tells him of a man who knows where they are, but Dalmas finds him dead. In Los Angeles, many have heard that story and are searching for the pearls.
Part of the Penguin 60s collection. The story was originally published in 1936 and this edition is from 1995.
For readers of noir and classic mystery, and for those wanting a brief sample of Raymond Chandler's world.
Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime. All but Playback have been made into motion pictures, some more than once.
