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The Big Sleep
Contributor(s): Chandler, Raymond (Author)
ISBN: 0394758285     ISBN-13: 9780394758282
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
OUR PRICE:   $15.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 1988
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Annotation: When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.
"Chandler [writes] like a slumming angel and invest[s] the sun-blinded streets of Los Angelos with a romantic presence."
--Ross Macdonald
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical
- Fiction | Noir
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 91050919
Lexile Measure: 660
Series: Philip Marlowe Novel
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.58 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1930's
- Cultural Region - Southern California
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
The iconic first novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, featuring Philip Marlowe, the quintessential urban private eye (Los Angeles Times).

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. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.