Book

The Big Sleep

This collection by crime fiction master Raymond Chandler features four long stories in which private eye Philip Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward

(3 total)

Characters

Raymond Chandler (3)Philip Marlowe (3)

“Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains. You're the second guy I've met within hours who seems to think a gun in the hand means the world by the tail.”

— Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe, amazon.com

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“I never do things by halves.”

— Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe, amazon.com

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“It's a question of a little money against a lot of annoyance.”

— Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe, amazon.com

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