by Raymond Chandler · PLANETA: BESTSELLERS · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788432086106
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«El sueño eterno» is the crime novel by Raymond Chandler, published by Planeta as a paperback (254 pages, in Spanish).
Detective Philip Marlowe accepts the assignment from elderly General Sternwood, a paralyzed millionaire, to resolve a blackmail case affecting his younger daughter. The case takes him from Hollywood Boulevard to the mansions and underworld of Los Angeles, in a spiral of corruption with sharp dialogue that portrays the dark side of a brilliant society.
First novel in the Philip Marlowe series, originally published as «The Big Sleep» in 1939. The 1985 edition belongs to the BestSellers Serie Negra collection, with translation by José Antonio Lara.
For crime fiction readers who want to start with the first installment of detective Philip Marlowe.
Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime. All but Playback have been made into motion pictures, some more than once.
