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 | The Big Sleep(1939)(The first book in the Philip Marlowe series) A novel by Raymond Chandler |
| "Mr Raymond Chandler seems to me the best American detective-story writer in the tough and tense Dashiell Hammett tradition." J B Priestley |
These two classic novels featuring private eye Philip Marlowe made Raymond Chandler's name synonymous with America's hard-boiled school of crime fiction. The Big Sleep was an instant success when first published in 1939. It centers around a paralyzed California millionaire with two psychopathic daughters; he involves Marlowe in a case of blackmail that turns into murder.
Farewell My Lovely, which Chandler regarded as his finest work, came out the following year. It has Marlowe dealing with the Los Angeles gambling circuit, a murder he stumbles upon, and three very beautiful but potentially deadly women.
"Chandler writes like a slumming angel and invests the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence," said Ross Macdonald. And George V. Higgins wrote: "Chandler is fun to read. He's as bleak as tundra, and his dirtbag characters far outnumber his stellar citizens, but Philip Marlowe is a laconic tour guide through a zoo of truly interesting animals."
Genre: Mystery
Farewell My Lovely, which Chandler regarded as his finest work, came out the following year. It has Marlowe dealing with the Los Angeles gambling circuit, a murder he stumbles upon, and three very beautiful but potentially deadly women.
"Chandler writes like a slumming angel and invests the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence," said Ross Macdonald. And George V. Higgins wrote: "Chandler is fun to read. He's as bleak as tundra, and his dirtbag characters far outnumber his stellar citizens, but Philip Marlowe is a laconic tour guide through a zoo of truly interesting animals."
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
April 2009 : UK Hardback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Penguin Essentials) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-241-14449-3 / 978-0-241-14449-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Availability: Amazon UK |
November 2008 : UK Leather Bound
 | Title: The Big Sleep: Bill Amberg for Penguin Classics (Penguin Classics Bill Amberg) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-14-118951-7 / 978-0-14-118951-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Classics Availability: Amazon UK |
June 2008 : USA Library Binding
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-4395-0730-9 / 978-1-4395-0730-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA |
October 2002 : USA Hardback
 | Title: The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely; The High Window (Everyman's Library) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-375-41501-7 / 978-0-375-41501-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Everyman's Library Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
September 2002 : UK Hardback
 | Title: The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely and The High Window (Everyman's Library Classics) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-85715-255-7 / 978-1-85715-255-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Everyman Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
September 2002 : USA Hardback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (The Best Mysteries of All Time) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-7621-8880-4 / 978-0-7621-8880-2 (USA edition) Publisher: ImPress Mystery Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
March 2002 : USA Library Binding
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-58547-164-X / 978-1-58547-164-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Center Point Pub Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
November 1993 : USA Hardback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Otto Penzler's 1st Edition Library) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-883402-16-6 / 978-1-883402-16-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Otto Penzler Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
January 1992 : UK Hardback
 | Title: Big Sleep (Windsor Selections) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-86220-470-4 / 978-0-86220-470-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
November 1989 : USA Hardback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-86547-402-8 / 978-0-86547-402-4 (USA edition) Publisher: North Point Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
July 1988 : USA Library Binding
| Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-61383-471-3 / 978-1-61383-471-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Perfection Learning Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
July 1988 : USA Library Binding
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-4177-1130-2 / 978-1-4177-1130-7 (USA edition) Publisher: San Val Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 1986 : USA Hardback
 | Title: Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-553-06513-0 / 978-0-553-06513-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group (Trd) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 1986 : USA Hardback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-910457-09-3 / 978-0-910457-09-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Arion Pr Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA |
August 1984 : UK Hardback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-241-11383-0 / 978-0-241-11383-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
September 1976 : UK Hardback
 | Title: Big Sleep (Lythway classics of crime and detection) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-85046-675-X / 978-0-85046-675-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Lythway P. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
October 1967 : UK Hardback
 | Title: Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-241-91430-2 / 978-0-241-91430-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
May 2016 : Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-5332-8582-9 / 978-1-5332-8582-9 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
November 2015 : Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-5191-5026-1 / 978-1-5191-5026-4 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
2000 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Penguin Essentials) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-241-97077-6 / 978-0-241-97077-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA |
July 2013 : Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 8087830385 / 978-8087830383 Publisher: Important Books Availability: Amazon UK |
December 2012 : USA Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-61242-818-5 / 978-1-61242-818-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Serenity Publishers, LLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
February 2012 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Penguin Active Reading (Graded Readers)) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-4082-6406-4 / 978-1-4082-6406-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Pearson Longman Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
September 2011 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-907590-30-7 / 978-1-907590-30-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Fontal Lobe Publishing Availability: Amazon UK |
June 2011 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Phillip Marlowe) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-241-95628-5 / 978-0-241-95628-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 2011 : USA Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-60444-518-1 / 978-1-60444-518-3 (USA edition) Publisher: IndoEuropeanPublishing.com Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
September 2008 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Popular Penguins) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-14-103759-8 / 978-0-14-103759-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK |
December 2007 : UK Paperback
 | Title: Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 4:: The Big Sleep: 1400 Headwords (Oxford Bookworms ELT) Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Rosalie Kerr ISBN: 0-19-479165-3 / 978-0-19-479165-6 (UK edition) Publisher: OUP Oxford Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 1988 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Mystery (Penguin Fiction) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-14-010892-0 / 978-0-14-010892-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
2005 : UK Paperback
| Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-241-96095-9 / 978-0-241-96095-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
May 2000 : Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep. ( Stage. 4. Crime and Mystery. 1400 GrundwArter). (Lernmaterialien) Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Rosalie Kerr ISBN: 3464123596 / 978-3464123591 Publisher: Cornelsen & Oxford University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
January 2000 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: 1,400 Headwords: The Big Sleep (Oxford Bookworms ELT) Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Retold by Rosalie Kerr ISBN: 0-19-423027-9 / 978-0-19-423027-8 (UK edition) Publisher: OUP Oxford Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
February 2000 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep and Other Novels (Penguin Modern Classics) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-14-118261-X / 978-0-14-118261-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Classics Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 1999 : USA Paperback
 | Title: Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-394-23906-7 / 978-0-394-23906-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Inc (P) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
December 1994 : Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep. (Lernmaterialien) Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Bernd Neumeyer, Klaus Degering ISBN: 3150090091 / 978-3150090091 Publisher: Reclam, Ditzingen Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
September 1992 : UK Paperback
| Title: Big Sleep (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-7451-3323-1 / 978-0-7451-3323-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
July 1988 : USA Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (A Philip Marlowe Novel) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-394-75828-5 / 978-0-394-75828-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
January 1992 : USA Paperback
| Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-56956-044-7 / 978-1-56956-044-0 (USA edition) Publisher: William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
December 1991 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Penguin authentic texts) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-14-081335-7 / 978-0-14-081335-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
November 1991 : UK Mass Market Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Oxford Bookworms) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-19-421662-4 / 978-0-19-421662-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Oxford University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
December 1989 : USA Paperback
| Title: Big Sleep: A Film Adaptation Directed by Howard Hawks Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-89197-677-9 / 978-0-89197-677-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Irvington Pub Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 1979 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Alpha Books) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-19-424221-8 / 978-0-19-424221-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Oxford University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
September 1979 : UK Paperback
| Title: Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-330-25836-2 / 978-0-330-25836-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Macmillan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 1978 : UK Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Penguin crime fiction) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-14-000652-4 / 978-0-14-000652-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
April 1978 : USA Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-394-72631-6 / 978-0-394-72631-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
1976 : USA Paperback
 | Title: The big sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-394-72136-5 / 978-0-394-72136-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
July 1973 : USA Mass Market Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-345-24565-2 / 978-0-345-24565-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Ballantine Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
June 1973 : USA Mass Market Paperback
 | Title: Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-345-22201-6 / 978-0-345-22201-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Ballantine Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
1972 : USA Mass Market Paperback
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-345-02201-7 / 978-0-345-02201-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Ballantine Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
Audio Editions
August 2015 : USA MP3 CD
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-5012-0051-8 / 978-1-5012-0051-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
December 2014 : USA Audio CD
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe) Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Bbc Radio 4 ISBN: 1-4830-1720-6 / 978-1-4830-1720-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Audiogo Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
December 2014 : USA Audio edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Audible Studios Availability: Amazon |
December 2014 : UK Audio edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Audible Studios Availability: Amazon UK |
April 2014 : USA Audio CD
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe Mysteries)(Audio Theater Dramatization) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-4830-4513-7 / 978-1-4830-4513-9 (USA edition) Publisher: BBC Worldwide, Ltd. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
October 2011 : USA Audio CD
| Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-7927-8102-3 / 978-0-7927-8102-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Availability: Amazon CA |
July 2011 : USA Audio edition
 | Title: Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised) Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited Availability: Amazon |
July 2011 : UK Audio edition
 | Title: Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised) Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited Availability: Amazon UK |
February 2011 : UK Audio CD
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Classic Chandler) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-4084-2753-2 / 978-1-4084-2753-8 (UK edition) Publisher: BBC Physical Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 2009 : UK Audio edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Dramatised) Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited Availability: Amazon UK |
October 2008 : MP3 CD
 | Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Die Abenteuer des Tom Sawyer. Die englische Originalfassung ungekurzt Author(s): Mark Twain ISBN: 3865055346 / 978-3865055347 Publisher: Bertz + Fischer Availability: Amazon UK |
January 2005 : USA Audio CD
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-59777-052-3 / 978-1-59777-052-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Phoenix Books Availability: Amazon CA |
March 2002 : USA Audio Cassette
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-59007-089-5 / 978-1-59007-089-5 (USA edition) Publisher: New Millennium Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
March 2002 : USA Audio CD
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-59007-090-9 / 978-1-59007-090-1 (USA edition) Publisher: New Millennium Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
June 2001 : UK Audio CD
 | Title: "The Big Sleep: Two Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisations (BBC Radio Collection) Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-563-47830-6 / 978-0-563-47830-0 (UK edition) Publisher: BBC Physical Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
January 1999 : UK Audio Cassette
 | Title: Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep & The High Window [BBC Radio Collection] Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-563-55892-X / 978-0-563-55892-7 (UK edition) Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA |
January 1995 : UK Audio Cassette
| Title: The Big Sleep: Complete & Unabridged Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-85695-931-7 / 978-1-85695-931-5 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA |
September 1993 : USA Audio Cassette
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-55800-848-9 / 978-1-55800-848-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Dove Entertainment Inc Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
September 1993 : USA Audio Cassette
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 1-55800-690-7 / 978-1-55800-690-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Dove Entertainment Inc Availability: Amazon CA |
1993 : USA Audio Cassette
| Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-7871-2050-2 / 978-0-7871-2050-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Dove Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
November 1985 : Canada Audio Cassette
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler ISBN: 0-88646-007-7 / 978-0-88646-007-5 (Canada edition) Publisher: Dh Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
Kindle Editions
September 2015 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: New Canadian Library Availability: Amazon CA |
August 2015 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Availability: Amazon CA |
March 2015 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe - Extended Series Book 1) Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Availability: Amazon CA |
February 2015 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe) Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Availability: Amazon CA |
December 2014 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: THE BIG SLEEP Author(s): RAYMOND CHANDLER Publisher: Availability: Amazon CA |
September 2014 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Alien eBooks Availability: Amazon CA |
July 2014 : Canada Kindle edition
| Title: The Big Sleep (A Philip Marlowe Mystery Book 1) Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Mustbe Interactive Availability: Amazon CA |
April 2014 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe Book 1) Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Parnell Classics Availability: Amazon CA |
April 2013 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: HarperPerennial Classics Availability: Amazon CA |
January 2012 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: HarperPerennial Classics Availability: Amazon CA |
December 2010 : Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Numitor Comun Publishing Availability: Amazon CA |
July 2005 : UK Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe Series Book 1) Author(s): Raymond Chandler Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK |
June 2002 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
 | Title: The Big Sleep: A Novel (Philip Marlowe series Book 1) Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Richard Amsel Movie Tie-In Cover Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Availability: Amazon Amazon CA |
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