The Big Sleep (The Best Mysteries of All Time)
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket (as issued)
- ISBN 10
- 0762188804
- ISBN 13
- 9780762188802
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Synopsis
The Big Sleep is a crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 starring Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and again in 1978 starring Robert Mitchum. The story is noted for its complexity and is heavily influenced by classic Greek tragedy, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. -
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- Bookseller
- Basement Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039770
- Title
- The Big Sleep (The Best Mysteries of All Time)
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0762188804
- ISBN 13
- 9780762188802
- Publisher
- ImPress Mystery
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, NY
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 261
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION DETECTIVE MYSTERY PHILIP MARLOWE FICTITIOUS CHARACTER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
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- PUB
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