by Raymond Chandler · Barral. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788421171097
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«La hermana pequeña» is the crime novel by Raymond Chandler, published by Barral in paperback (237 pages, in Spanish).
The young Orfamay Quest, modest in appearance and with a librarian's air, hires detective Philip Marlowe for a job that leads him to one of the hardest cases of his career. The investigation takes place in 1940s Los Angeles, amid secrets, murders and deceptions, in a classic hardboiled plot.
Fifth novel in the Philip Marlowe detective series; original in English «The Little Sister» (1949). Translation by Juan Viñoly; collection «Ediciones de bolsillo», number 109.
For readers of classic crime fiction and those who enjoy detective series like 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.
