The High Window
The High Window is a 1942 angel fiction novel by Raymond Chandler. Much of the action takes place in Los Angeles, Calif. and California. Readers will find themes of private investigators, Philip Marlowe, Hard-Boiled and American.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 12 ratings, and 32 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 32 editions across 6 languages.
It runs to roughly 231 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The High Window
Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the 1940s and 1950s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. In The High Window, Marlowe starts out on the trail of a single stolen coin and ends up knee-deep in bodies. His client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband’s collection. That’s the simple part. But Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead. If Marlowe doesn’t wrap this one up fast, he’s going to end up in jail—or worse, in a box in the ground. Starring Toby Stephens, this thrilling dramatization by Robin Brooks retains all the wry humor of Chandler’s serpentine suspense novel.
Quick answers
Who wrote The High Window?
The High Window was written by Raymond Chandler and first published in 1942.
What genre is The High Window?
It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.
How long is The High Window?
The median edition has 231 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The High Window?
Readers who like it often enjoy DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries), Clandestine and Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries).
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