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Can I read The Big Sleep on EtoBox?
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler; Diane Johnson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Big Sleep about?
Raymond Chandlers first three novels, published here in one volume, established his reputation as an unsurpassed master of hard-boiled detective fiction. The Big Sleep , Chandlers first novel, introduces Philip Marlowe, a private detective inhabiting the seamy side of Los Angeles in the 1930s, as he takes on a case involving a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder. In Farewell, My Lovely , Marlowe deals with the gambling circuit, a murder he stumbles upon, and three very beautiful but potentially deadly women. In The High Window , Marlowe searches the California underworld for a priceless gold coin and finds himself deep in the tangled affairs of a dead coin collector. In all three novels, Chandlers hard-edged prose, colorful characters, vivid vernacular, and, above all, his enigmatic loner of a hero, enduringly establish his claim not only to the heights of his chosen genre but to the pantheon of literary art. Featuring the iconic character that inspired the forthcoming film Marlowe , starring Liam Neeson.
Who reads The Big Sleep?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Raymond Chandler; Diane Johnson
- Publisher
- Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Books USA
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780375415012
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 4.46 / 5 (1,197 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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