The Big Sleep () is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in /5(97). · Halfway through Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled, highly praised novel The Big Sleep, the rich and wild Vivian Regan turns Philip Marlowe in the front seat of their parked car and says: “Hold me close, you beast.”. Eighty years ago, that must have had a different resonance. In , at age forty-four, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in In addition to his short stories, Chandler published just seven full novels during 4/5(K).
The Big Sleep: Directed by Michael Winner. With Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark. Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster. Raymond Chandler's very first attempt at a detective novel was a clear winner. The Big Sleep features a complex plot and a fantastic character - Philip www.doorway.ruer set his story in the gritty streets of Los Angeles, with a detective who was known for doing the right thing rather than what he was told to do. The Big Sleep was published in , well before the US entry into World War II. The country was still reeling from the Great Depression after nearly a decade. General Sternwood, the wealthy man who hires Marlowe at the outset of the story, is said to have a fortune of four million dollars.
The Big Sleep is a novel by Raymond Chandler that was first published in Summary Read our full plot summary and analysis of The Big Sleep, scene by scene break-downs, and more. The Big Sleep () is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in and again in The story is set in Los Angeles. In , at age forty-four, Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in
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