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Robert Parker Succeeds in Completing Chandler's "Poodle Springs."

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "Poodle Springs," the novel Raymond Chandler was working on at the time of his death. The story finds Chandler's famous detective Philip Marlowe married and living in Poodle Springs. Writer Robert Parker has just finished the novel that Chandler started 30 years ago.

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Other segments from the episode on September 27, 1989

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 27, 1989: Interview with Michael Holroyd; Commentary on Stu Sutcliffe; Interview with Eugene Richards; Review of Raymond Chandler and Robert Parker's novel …

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