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The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler

1939 · mystery & crime · adult

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Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
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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

Set in

  • ★
    Los Angeles · United States
    1930s noir Los Angeles
    ★ primary

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