4.5 stars ( )

Per me è mal scritto (e/o mal tradotto); vorrebbe essere (immagino) caricaturale, mentre lo trovo solo non credibile ( )

First and foremost: why 4*, for such a short book?

Well, mainly because it could have been more if it had had not that "Grisham syndrome"- i.e. the last third is a quest for an ending

I picked up the book during my usual first Sunday of the month run for use books at the open air market in the centre of Turin (this time it seems that nobody except one bothered to be there)

Along with other books, I looked for books outside my usual fields to exercise my language skills, and this one attracted me because I first read the back cover (curious a book about Stan Laurel and Olivery Hardy), then saw the title and cover and author

I did a quick preview and it was interesting- that the author was a member of the cast of characters, along with an investigator and Laurel Hardy and countless other famous actors in the 1950s-1960s added to my curiosity

A short book that I read yesterday and today while standing in line, waiting, or just today... as my lunch break after shuttling around emails

More than once extracted a laugh, albeit the author sometimes let's say that is not exactly in line with my views (but I do not know if those were his ideas about society and its members, or just for the sake of narrative)

Anyway, entertaining and a quick read (180 pages read only in "idle time" means that it was a page-turner) ( )

La historia comienza cuando Stan Laurel (el actor cómico de la famosa serie del Gordo y el Flaco) acude al detective Philip Marlowe (el personaje creado por el escritor Raymond Chandler), también en el ocaso de su esplendor, para que averigüe por qué ya nadie lo llama para trabajar. Parodiando al conocido y esquemático cine norteamericano, la narración origina acontecimientos en los que el propio Soriano aparece como personaje para volverse cómplice de Marlowe y enfrentar así a las figuras más detestables. ´Tenía la obsesión de Laurel y Hardy desde mi infancia. Y desde que descubrí a Chandler estaba fascinado con Philip Marlowe. Pero hizo falta que un gato me diera la idea de la novela: el único capaz de investigar la historia del Gordo y el Flaco era un detective profesional como Marlowe. Me metí como personaje para divertirme: pensaba sacarme, pero cuando di a leer a los amigos y vi que funcionaba, lo fui dejando para más adelante, y un día la terminé. Tenía treinta años, era el año 1973.´ ( )

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