{"product_id":"the-big-sleep-and-other-novels-penguin-modern-classics-paperback-chandler-raymond-paperback-chandler-raymond","title":"The Big Sleep and Other Novels (Penguin Modern Classics) [Paperback] Chandler, Raymond [Paperback] Chandler, Raymond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chandler, Raymond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 03-02-2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003emodel number:\u003c\/b\u003e 1743838\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 1743838\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Chandler was America's preeminent writer of detective fiction, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep and Other Novels\u003c\/i\u003e collects three of the best novels to feature his hard-drinking, philosophising PI, Philip Marlowe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Chandler created the fast talking, trouble seeking Californian private eye Philip Marlowe for his first great novel \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e in 1939. Often imitated but never bettered, it is in Marlowe's long shadow that every fictional detective must stand - and under the influence of Raymond Chandler's addictive prose that every crime author must write. Marlowe's entanglement with the Sternwood family - and an attendant cast of colourful underworld figures - is the background to a story reflecting all the tarnished glitter of the great American Dream. The hard-boiled detective's iconic image burns just as brightly in \u003ci\u003eFarewell My Lovely\u003c\/i\u003e, on the trail of a missing nightclub crooner. And the inimitable Marlowe is able to prove that trouble really is his business in Raymond Chandler's brilliant epitaph, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Chandler (1888-1959) was born in Chicago. It was during the Depression era that he seriously turned his hand to writing and his first published story appeared in the pulp magazine \u003ci\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/i\u003e in 1933, followed six years later by his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted into Howard Hawks' classic 1946 film noir, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you liked \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep and Other Novels,\u003c\/i\u003e you might enjoy Dashiell Hammett's \u003ci\u003eThe Thin Man\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards that others still try to attain'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since.'\u003cbr\u003ePaul Auster, author of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested th\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141182612\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49054428725552,"sku":"Prakash_9780141182612","price":525.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/penguin-book-default-title-the-big-sleep-and-other-novels-penguin-modern-classics-paperback-chandler-raymond-paperback-chandler-raymond-38725721653552.jpg?v=1753010530","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-big-sleep-and-other-novels-penguin-modern-classics-paperback-chandler-raymond-paperback-chandler-raymond","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}