Goldfish / Raymond Chandler ; retold by Christine Lindop ; illustrated by Terry Hand.
By: Lindop, Christine
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Contributor(s): Chandler, Raymond.
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BookSeries: Oxford Bookworms Library; Stage 3, Crime & Mystery.Publisher: Oxford; Oxford University Press, 2008Edition: Simplified ed.Description: 72 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780194791175.Subject(s): Private investigators -- United States -- Fiction | Readers for new literates | Crime & mystery fiction | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | Language readers | English | Crime | Fiction for Emergent Readers | English fiction Short stories | United StatesGenre/Form: Readers. | Detective and mystery stories. | Crime. | Fiction for Emergent Readers.DDC classification: 428.6 LIN Summary: The Leander pearls were stolen 19 years ago. The thief was caught, but the pearls were never found, and there is still a $25,000 reward for anyone who finds them. Then somebody comes to private detective Carmady with a story about a guy who knows where the pearls are hidden.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 428.6 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38888000608699 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.
The Leander pearls were stolen 19 years ago. The thief was caught, but the pearls were never found, and there is still a $25,000 reward for anyone who finds them. Then somebody comes to private detective Carmady with a story about a guy who knows where the pearls are hidden.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 23, 1888. Before becoming a professional writer in 1933, he worked as a reporter, an accountant, bookkeeper, and auditor. He wrote several novels featuring private detective Philip Marlowe including The Big Sleep, The High Window, The Lady in the Lake, The Little Sister, and The Long Goodbye. In addition to novels and short stories, he wrote screenplays. He won two academy awards, for Double Indemnity (1944) and The Blue Dahlia (1946). He died on March 26, 1959.(Bowker Author Biography)