by Raymond Chandler · Oxford University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194242219
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«The Big Sleep» is the hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler, published by Oxford University Press in paperback (96 pages, in English).
The novel was originally published in 1939 and is set in sunny California, where private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an intricate web of mystery and crime, with deceptive appearances and danger around every corner. His direct, gritty prose with bursts of sex and violence renewed detective fiction.
Abridged and adapted edition as a graded reader for English students, published in 1979. First installment of the Philip Marlowe series.
Intended for students of English as a second language and readers seeking a classic of crime fiction in an accessible format.
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.
