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Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep (Paperback) Phillip Marlowe (UK IMPORT). A broken, weary old man, Sternwood just wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. The Big Sleep is Raymond Chandler's first novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe. Discover the newest addition to the inimitable Philip Marlowe series -Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne - out 6 September 2018 in hardback and ebook from Hogarth. Further DetailsTitle: The Big Sleep Condition: New Author: Raymond Chandler Contributor: Ian Rankin (Introduction by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0241956285 EAN: 9780241956281 ISBN: 9780241956281 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Genre: Fiction Topic: Crime Thrillers & Mystery Release Date: 06/15/2011 Description: 'I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.' Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is blackmailing him. A broken, weary old man, Sternwood just wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. However, with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out. And that's before he stumbles over the first corpse.The Big Sleep is Raymond Chandler's first novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times 'Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times 'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony BurgessDiscover the newest addition to the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne - out 6 September 2018 in hardback and ebook from Hogarth. Language: English Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 16mm Item Weight: 181g Series: Phillip Marlowe Release Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.