Books like The Big Sleep and Other Novels by Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler introduced the sharp‑tongued private investigator Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep (1939), a novel that paints a grim portrait of California’s underbelly and the elusive American Dream. His sharp wit and persistence return in Farewell My Lovely, where Marlowe tracks a missing nightclub singer, and reach a climax in The Long Goodbye, the definitive close to Chandler’s celebrated detective saga.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Raymond Chandler
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