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The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles .
- Raymond Chandler
- 1939
The Big Sleep features a private investigator – a “private dick,” in the parlance – named Philip Marlowe, who is hired by an old, dying millionaire to deal with a blackmailer who has targeted one of his daughters.
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12 de jul. de 1988 · One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years. A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion.
- Raymond Chandler
- $13.89
- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
The renowned novel from the crime fiction master, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe. • Featuring the iconic character that...
The Big Sleep (en español: El sueño eterno) es una novela negra publicada en el año 1939 por el autor estadounidense Raymond Chandler. Con esta novela irrumpía Chandler en el ámbito de la novela policíaca, presentando además a su más reconocido personaje: el detective Philip Marlowe.
11 de jun. de 2002 · The renowned novel from the crime fiction master, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe. • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.
Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.“Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful,...
