Big Sleep

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Raymond Chandler, Ian Rankin: Big Sleep (2009, Penguin Books, Limited)

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Published 2009 by Penguin Books, Limited.

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978-0-241-14449-7
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5 stars (3 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

Just re-read this book after many years; it turns out that the story line does make sense (in its convoluted way), more so than the Bogart film version, which I also really enjoy. But don't make me explain how Marlowe makes the connections between the Sternwoods, Eddie Mars, Joe Brody, Geiger, Canino, et al.

It's so much fun to read about 1930's-era Los Angeles, where buildings were known by their names ("Hobart Arms") and prohibition has recently ended.

reviewed The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Review of 'The Big Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Just re-read this book after many years; it turns out that the story line does make sense (in its convoluted way), more so than the Bogart film version, which I also really enjoy. But don't make me explain how Marlowe makes the connections between the Sternwoods, Eddie Mars, Joe Brody, Geiger, Canino, et al.

It's so much fun to read about 1930's-era Los Angeles, where buildings were known by their names ("Hobart Arms") and prohibition has recently ended.

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Subjects

  • California, fiction
  • Los angeles (calif.), fiction
  • Marlowe, philip (fictitious character), fiction
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled
  • Private investigators, fiction