Big Sleep, The

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  my second crime novel, after Ellroy's Black Dahlia. After 70 years, still fully enjoyable!

  Due to the fact that crime novels are 0.1% of my readings, in my inexperience I am not in the position to state that Chandler was a ground-breaker for the English language (my impression) or not. Maybe I ... (continue)

  my second crime novel, after Ellroy's Black Dahlia. After 70 years, still fully enjoyable!

  Due to the fact that crime novels are 0.1% of my readings, in my inexperience I am not in the position to state that Chandler was a ground-breaker for the English language (my impression) or not. Maybe I should pay a visit to Dashiel Hammet?

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  Plucino said on Aug 20, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | 1 feedback

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  Philip Marlowe is a role only Humphrey Bogart could have played. This was a great detective story that I could imagine only happening in the 1940s, with the cigarettes, scotch and dames. A big cast of characters and several twists but it all comes together in the end, this was a good book but an e ... (continue)

  Philip Marlowe is a role only Humphrey Bogart could have played. This was a great detective story that I could imagine only happening in the 1940s, with the cigarettes, scotch and dames. A big cast of characters and several twists but it all comes together in the end, this was a good book but an even better movie.

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  Stcin10 said on Oct 10, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (1988)

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  Dyjasper said on Oct 30, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I read the short story that this novel was based on a few months ago, I remembered the porn library and the high naked girl. But there was enough different in the longer version that made it really enjoyable even though I was familiar with the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this and the ending was bea ... (continue)

  
  I read the short story that this novel was based on a few months ago, I remembered the porn library and the high naked girl. But there was enough different in the longer version that made it really enjoyable even though I was familiar with the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this and the ending was beautiful. I really enjoyed the style. The first person narration was just such a great insight into the character and there were some really amusing parts. I must admit there were almost too many bad guys in this, I had to keep reminding myself who everybody was and how they were all related. But it made for an enjoyable ride. I'm looking forward to reading more Chandler novels.

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  Robot-mel said on May 23, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• Spent most of the week-end, laid on my sofa, reading this enthralling book

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  Albe said on Jan 11, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Having read this I feel like someone has handed me the key to understanding a whole swath of Americana. These stories are fun to read, Chandler keeps the pace high and Marlowe is a unique character, iconic even.

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  Kaeru said on Dec 21, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• Others 272 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0141037598
• ISBN-13: 9780141037592
• Publisher: Penguin
• Pub date: Sep 01, 2008
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, Unbound and eBook
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