The Big Sleep is a 1939 hardboiled crime novel by the American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature his detective Philip Marlowe, and set in Los Angeles. The story is known for its complex plot of characters double-crossing one another and secrets exposed as the narrative unfolds; its title is a euphemism for death, echoed in the novel's closing rumination about "sleeping the big sleep." The novel was adapted for film twice, in 1946 and 1978, and was later named to Le Monde's "100 Books of the Century" and to Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels.
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The Big Sleep is a 1939 hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles. The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the narrative.
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