The Big Sleep by Chandler, Raymond (9781618953292)

The Big Sleep

by Chandler, Raymond

Paperback - English

The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978.

The story is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the book about "sleeping the big sleep".

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

161895329X

EAN

9781618953292

Publisher

BIBLIOTECH PR

Publication Date

29 Jul 2018

Pages

176

Weight (kg)

0.27

Dimensions (cm)

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0

Lexile Level

660

About Author

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959) was an American novelist and screenwriter. Chandler, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and others, is considered to be one of the founders of the hard-boiled school of detective fiction, and his renowned fictional detective, Philip Marlowe, is considered by many to be the archetype for "private detective." Raymond Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939, and his three subsequent novels, Farewell My Lovely (1940), The Little Sister (1949), and The Long Goodbye (1953), are considered to be literary masterpie