Raymond Chandler's first three novels,published here in one volume,established his reputation as an unsurpassed master of hard-boiled detective fiction. The Big Sleep,Chandler's first novel,introduces Philip Marlowe,a private detective inhabiting the seamy side of Los Angeles in the 1930s,as he takes on a case involving a paralysed California millionaire,two psychotic daughters,blackmail and murder. In Farewell,My Lovely,Marlowe deals with the gambling circuit,a murder he stumbles upon,and three very beautiful but potentially deadly women. In The High Window,Marlowe searches the California underworld for a priceless gold coin and finds himself deep in the tangled affairs of a dead coin collector. In all three novels,Chandler's hard-edged prose,colourful characters,vivid vernacular,and,above all,his enigmatic loner of a hero,establish his enduring claim to the heights of his chosen genre.
Publisher: EverymanISBN: 9781857152555Number of pages: 696Weight: 716 gDimensions: 210 x 38 x 135 mm
Raymond Chandler
An Anglo-American crime writer whose work transcended the traditional boundaries of the genre,Raymond Chandler was one of the great prose stylists of the 20th century. He was the archetypal author of the'hard-boiled'school of crime writing and created the iconic private eye Philip Marlowe.
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