Word: parkers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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POODLE SPRINGS by Raymond Chandler and Robert B. Parker (Putnam; $18.95). After 30 years of big sleep in the Chandler literary estate, a barely started Philip Marlowe novel is successfully completed by one of the mystery master's best imitators...
...sympathetic board member were to convince the others, it could sway a decision," said George G.C. Parker, a professor of management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. "In a simple majority vote, seven would carry...
Moreover, Parker's Marlowe can seem like an anachronism in search of a time frame. He drinks rye, smokes Camels and charges only $100 a day plus expenses. But there are contemporary touches. Women wear tank tops and police uniforms, and pornography has gone public...
...Parker's problem is how to throw in the tank tops and still have a Marlowe who is 42, not 72. After all, he lives on mostly butts and alcohol and commutes between Los Angeles and Poodle (read Palm) Springs , where he beds down with his new wife. She is beautiful, rich and dead set on getting an obstinate Marlowe to give up his grubby profession...
...Parker's ploy is to distract year counters and prop watchers with a nifty plot and vintage dialogue. His solution to the marriage dilemma is resolved in a thoroughly modern manner that requires neither a long goodbye nor a farewell, my lovely...