The big sleep

by Raymond Chandler

No cover — Raymond Chandler: The big sleep (1939, Alfred A. Knopf)

277 pages

English language

Published July 10, 1939 by Alfred A. Knopf.

OCLC Number:: 16863957

(18 reviews)

Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder

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5 stars

I love this book. It's fast paced, tense and exciting. The characters are great. The dialogue is amazing. The plot gets more and more convoluted and nastier and nastier all the way through, and the wry first person monologue is just delightful.