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Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the 1940s and 1950s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. The Big Sleep finds the world-weary, wisecracking investigator consulted by a wealthy family man with two big problems: his children. Carmen Sternwood has got herself mixed up with a blackmailer, while Vivian has managed to mislay her husband, ex-bootlegger Rusty Regan. Old, ailing General Sternwood hires Marlowe to take care of things—but it’s not too long before the bodies start piling up, and Marlowe finds himself knee-deep in trouble. . . Starring Toby Stephens, this landmark dramatization retains all the suspense and excitement of Chandler’s complex and compelling novel. 1 hr 26 mins.
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The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- The Big Sleep
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Raymond Chandler
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0241980631
- ISBN13
- 9780241980637
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Classics, USA, Murders, American Literature, Detective Fiction, Detective, Adapted for Film, Drugs, Kidnappings, Intrigues, Noir, Mafia, Jealousy, Frauds, California, Private Detective, Blackmail, Los Angeles, Gambling, Pornography, Smuggling, Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction
- First published
- 1939
- Original title
- The Big Sleep
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the 1940s and 1950s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. The Big Sleep finds the world-weary, wisecracking investigator consulted by a wealthy family man with two big problems: his children. Carmen Sternwood has got herself mixed up with a blackmailer, while Vivian has managed to mislay her husband, ex-bootlegger Rusty Regan. Old, ailing General Sternwood hires Marlowe to take care of things—but it’s not too long before the bodies start piling up, and Marlowe finds himself knee-deep in trouble. . . Starring Toby Stephens, this landmark dramatization retains all the suspense and excitement of Chandler’s complex and compelling novel. 1 hr 26 mins.