Download The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe #1) PDF
1988
Title | The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe #1) |
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Authors | Raymond Chandler |
Genres | Mystery Books Fiction Books Crime Books |
Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
ISBN | 9780394758282 |
The renowned novel from the crime fiction master, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe. • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.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.“Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious.” —The New York Times Book Review
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