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The Big Sleep

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Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is indulging in some petty blackmail. A weary, old man, Sternwood just wants the problem to go away. But Marlowe finds he has his work cut out just keeping Sternwood's wild, devil-may-care daughters ...

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Product ID:	9780241970775
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Series:	Penguin Essentials
Title:	The Big Sleep
Authors:	Author: Raymond Chandler
Page Count:	256
Subjects:	Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery
Description:	Select Guide Rating Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is indulging in some petty blackmail. A weary, old man, Sternwood just wants the problem to go away. But Marlowe finds he has his work cut out just keeping Sternwood's wild, devil-may-care daughters out of trouble as they prowl LA's dirtiest and darkest streets. *Hard-boiled detective fiction at its best: Raymond Chandler''s best loved novel, The Big Sleep, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.* ''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 PI Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is indulging in some petty blackmail. A weary, old man, Sternwood just wants the problem to go away. But Marlowe finds he has his work cut out just keeping Sternwood''s wild, devil-may-care daughters out of trouble as they prowl LA''s dirtiest and darkest streets. And pretty soon, he''s up to his neck in hoodlums and corpses . . .
Imprint Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2014-08-14

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Weight	144 g
Dimensions	180 × 110 × 16 mm