The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler audiobook

The Big Sleep

By Raymond Chandler
Read by Ray Porter

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

The Philip Marlowe Series: Book 1

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9798228432505

  • ISBN: 9798228432499

Runtime: 6.28 Hours
Category: Fiction/Mystery & Detective
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

A New York Public Library Staff Pick of Favorite Books of the Last 125 Years

A New York Times Pick of Books to Binge-Read before the Oscars

Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family.

Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer, and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out for him—and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Chandler writes like a slumming angel and invests the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence.” Ross Macdonald, New York Times bestselling author
“Chandler is fun to read. He’s as bleak as tundra, and his dirt-bag characters far outnumber his stellar citizens, but Philip Marlowe is a laconic tour guide through a zoo of truly interesting animals.” George V. Higgins, New York Times bestselling author
“The language used in this book is often vile, at times so filthy that the publishers have been compelled to resort to the dash, a device seldom employed in these unsqueamish days. As a study in depravity, the story is excellent, with Marlowe standing out as almost the only fundamentally decent person in it.” New York Times

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Author

Author Bio: Raymond Chandler

Author Bio: Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) published his first story in 1933 in the pulp magazine Black Mask. By the time he published his first novel, The Big Sleep in 1939, featuring, as did all his major works, the iconic private eye Philip Marlowe, it was clear that he had not only mastered a genre but had set a standard to which others could only aspire. In addition to his short stories, he published only seven novels during his life. He created a body of work that ranks with the best of twentieth-century literature and at his death had established himself as the finest crime writer in America.

Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD
Category: Fiction/Mystery & Detective
Runtime: 6.28
Audience: Adult
Language: English