Published in 1939, Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep is a hardboiled detective novel that introduces Philip Marlowe, a private investigator with a cynical outlook but a strong sense of justice. The story takes place in Los Angeles when wealthy General Sternwood hires Marlowe to handle a blackmailer. Marlowe suspects the General is testing him for a larger task involving his two immoral daughters.

ISBN: 9780394758282