The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler • Vintage Books • ISBN 9780394721361
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler • Vintage Books • ISBN-13 9780394721361
ISBN-10 0394721365 • 1988
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ISBN 9780394721361 • Completeness 55
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The Big Sleep is a classic hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, introducing the iconic detective Philip Marlowe. Set in Los Angeles, the novel explores themes of corruption, deceit, and the moral ambiguities of the human condition. Marlowe is hired by a wealthy general to handle the blackmailing of one of his daughters, but the case quickly spirals into a series of murders and complex intrigues.
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