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reviewed The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (Philip Marlowe, #1)

Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1988, Alfred A. Knopf) 4 stars

Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, …

Review of 'The Big Sleep' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

I love this book. It's fast paced, tense and exciting. The characters are great. The dialogue is amazing. The plot gets more and more convoluted and nastier and nastier all the way through, and the wry first person monologue is just delightful.