Perchance to Dream

He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.. Parker is the internationally best-selling author of the Spenser mysteries

Tomeleck said PERCHANCE TO DREAM, or PERCHANCE TO SLEEP?. This novel seems to be only cursorily written by Robert Parker. It includes copious quotes borrowed from Chandler's original, THE BIG SLEEP. Regrettably, the direct contrast between these two writers this engenders only serves to illustrate just how lacking Parker's approach to Chandler's characters is. It is easy to imagine that the publishers hoped to capitalize on Chandler and Phillip Marlow's name recognitio. steve5150 said A pretty entertaining attempt at imitating Raymond Chandler. A pretty entertaining attempt at imitating Raymond Chandler. It reads more like some of Chandler's early practice short stories than his complete novels. It has a slightly unfinished feel to it and is some what diminished by Parker's use of direct Chandler passages. Mr. Parker is a good writer but he is not Raymond Chandler (of course for that matter know one else is either). This is a nice novel if you don't ex. "I love Robert Parker's books and I love to read all" according to ann marie ehmke. I love Robert Parker's books and I love to read all a author's works starting from the first book written. Amazon gives you the unique ability to find just the book you want and a good price for purchase delivered to your door. thank you amazon

Enter Philip Marolwe, the original tough-but-tender private eye. The Sternwood Family, immortalized in" The Big Sleep," is in trouble againVivian's psychotic sister Carmen had disappeared from the sanitarium, and Vivian herslelf has once again fallen into the clutches of Eddie Mars, the shady underworld character. He saved the Sternwoods once before, and the butler believes he can do it again.

dream beginning to sour. After sultry Vivian has enlisted suave gangster Eddie Mars to locate her sister, the family butler, Norris, hires Marlowe for the same purpose. From Publishers Weekly Parker, author of the Spenser novels, has made this "sequel to Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep " a stunning, drop-dead success. Bonsentir stonewalls Marlowe's queries by using some heavy political clout, but further probing leads to a kinky billionaire who is practically untouchable. Psychotic Carmen Sternwood is missing from