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# Dan J. Marlowe

(1913–1986)   Novelist

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Dan J. Marlowe was a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Dan J. Marlowe

Born November 30, 1913

Died July 22, 1986

Profession Novelist

## About Dan J. Marlowe

American novelist... \| Dan James Marlowe was an American writer of crime fiction. The Name of the Game Is Death, about a fast-shooting, casually violent bank robber, is both Marlowe's most popular and most critically acclaimed work. In 2005, Marlowe was praised as the "hardest of the hardboiled" by Stephen King.

##  Quotes by Dan J. Marlowe

> [“It was lonely in that damn motel room. When I’m on the road, I usually have a dog with me. Animals I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-j-marlowe/it-was-lonely-in-that-damn-motel-room-when-i-m-on-the-road-i-usually/)

Dan J. Marlowe

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