![]() Marlowe uses Chandler's beloved private eye but takes its plot from another author's book "The Black-Eyed Blonde," a 2015 novel by John Banville that focuses on the sudden disappearance of sordid raconteur Niko Peterson. Characteristic of protagonists in the genre, Marlowe is an honest gumshoe operating in a corrupt world, often seen as naive and chaste by those around him but a dogged pursuer of the truth no matter the personal cost. ![]() Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe is considered one of the most well-known antiheroes in crime fiction, beginning with the hard-boiled variety that rose to prominence in the '20s. ![]() It's been 45 years since anyone watched Philip Marlowe solve crimes in a movie, and now Neil Jordan's Marloweplaces Liam Neeson among a unique cohort of actors who have played the famous literary detective, from the Golden Age of Hollywood to the gritty '70s. ![]()
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