The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep is the definitive hardboiled detective story and Philip Marlowe the perfect expression of the cynical, world-weary gumshoe. Hired by the crippled General Sternwood to shake off a blackmailer, Marlowe also has to deal with the general's two rebellious daughters, the gamblers and pornographers they run with and, soon enough, some inconvenient murders. Chandler's LA and the gutter-life that populate it made crime fiction what it is today and remain unmatched.
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Nobody writes like Chandler. The writing is so good you stop caring about the plot – you read on because each sentence is a little gem, with a hundred gleaming facets. Of course, the plot is fantastic too (if you like that kind of thing). If you’ve never read any Chandler, this is a great place to start – The Big Sleep was now-iconic detective Philip Marlowe’s first outing, and the original noir. –Steph, The Book Grocer
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books
- : Penguin Books
- : 0.156
- : 01 September 2008
- : 181mm X 111mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Raymond Chandler
- : Paperback
- : 251