
When Clare protests that she glimpsed Nico on the street, Marlowe wonders what else his client has been hiding. But rather than closing down mysteries, that revelation just opens more. Marlowe quickly determines that Nico hasn’t just disappeared he was killed in a car accident outside the prestigious Cahuilla Club. Wealthy Clare Cavendish, the breathtakingly lovely title character, strolls her high heels into Marlowe’s office and hires him to find her missing lover, Nico Peterson.
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Reviving a character buried under so many imitations and parodies poses significant challenges and raises a question: how to inhabit Chandler’s sublimely treacherous style - that mix of the hard-boiled and the flowery, of soaring odes and blistering diatribes, of adolescent wisecracking, sudden empathy and existential wisdom, not to mention those similes that seem the cornerstone of every caricature of his writing?įrom the start, “The Black-Eyed Blonde” stakes out familiar territory somewhere between the source material and the stereotype. With such a proliferation of names, Banville/Black has drawn a loose dividing line between high art and simple entertainment, but channeling Chandler likely requires both sides of that split artistic personality. The university is committed to supporting students and families during this difficult time,” Green said.ĬNN has reached out to the university and to the police department for more details.ĬNN’s Hannah Sarisohn, Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane contributed to this report.In “ The Black-Eyed Blonde,” Booker Prize-winning author John Banville dons the hat of his crime-writing alter ego Benjamin Black, steps into the shoes of the late Raymond Chandler and escorts Chandler’s iconic character Philip Marlowe down a fresh set of mean streets.

“We are grateful for the support of the community and the ongoing efforts of the Police Department.

The alleged gunman, identified as a UVA student, was been taken into custody Monday morning after an hourslong manhunt.Īt the University of Idaho, in-person and online classes Monday are canceled and set to resume Tuesday. The tragic discovery came as another US college campus – the University of Virginia in Charlottesville – is reeling as three students were fatally shot Sunday. Mogen was a senior majoring in marketing and Goncalves was a senior majoring in general studies, according to the university.Ĭounseling will be provided on campus for students and employees through Tuesday, the school said. Kernodle was a junior majoring in marketing and was also a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, the university said. Chapin was a freshman majoring in recreation, sport, and tourism management who was also a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. The slain students were also involved on campus, according to the university. “It is with deep sadness that I share with you that the university was notified today of the death of four University of Idaho students living off-campus believed to be victims of homicide,” university president Scott Green said in a statement to the campus community. Officers responded to a call about an unconscious person shortly before noon Sunday and discovered the four bodies, the Moscow Police Department said in a news release. Police have indicated “there is no ongoing threat,” the university tweeted Sunday without elaborating. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Steve Helber/APģ dead, 2 others wounded in University of Virginia shooting as police search for suspect Let us come together in support of each other, and be there for each other, as we mourn as a community.”Ĭharlottesville police secure a crime scene of an overnight shooting at the University of Virginia, Monday, Nov. “Today, we grieve for those were lost and those they leave behind. “This tragedy serves as a sobering reminder that senseless acts of violence can occur anywhere, at any time, and we are not immune from such events here in our community,” the mayor said. Moscow Mayor Art Bettge called the students’ deaths “senseless acts of violence.” “Our heartfelt sympathies go out to each and every person affected by this incident.” “The Moscow Police Department and the City of Moscow is deeply saddened for the families of these individuals, fellow students and friends, and our community during this time,” the police department said.

Anyone with information about the case has been asked to contact police. As of midday Monday, no suspect was in custody. Moscow police said they are investigating the deaths as homicides, but did not provide any other information about what happened. The slain students were 20-year-old Ethan Chapin of Conway, Washington 21-year-old Madison Mogen of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 20-year-old Xana Kernodle of Avondale, Arizona and 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves of Rathdrum, Idaho. Four University of Idaho students who were found dead Sunday night in a house near campus have been identified, the city of Moscow’s police department said Monday.
