# The Black Eyed Blonde

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- Book: [The Black Eyed Blonde](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-banville/the-black-eyed-blonde) ([The Black Eyed Blonde.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-banville/the-black-eyed-blonde.md))
- Authors: [John Banville](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-banville)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-14-4723-670-2
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2015-03-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Somewhere Raymond Chandler is smiling, because this is a beautifully rendered hardboiled novel that echoes Chandler's melancholy at perfect pitch. I loved this book. It was like having an old friend, one you assumed was dead, walk into the room. Kind of like Terry Lennox, hiding behind those drapes.