The Big Sleep
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Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder
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8 primary books10 released books#1 in Philip Marlowe
Philip Marlowe is a 10-book series with 10 released primary works first released in 1934 with contributions by Raymond Chandler.
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Understatement of the century, but Raymond Chandler had a way with sentences like a Renaissance sculptor had a way with marble.
Fair warning: The book does contain some homophobic slurs. Not really surprising given that it was published in 1939.
Chandler's first novel, this book is nowhere near as wonderful as The Long Goodbye. But it is a fun book with some wry moments and bitter lines.
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