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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
Praise for this book
"Mr Raymond Chandler seems to me the best American detective-story writer in the tough and tense Dashiell Hammett tradition." - J B Priestley
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July 2018 : USA Hardback
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December 2015 : UK Hardback

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-14-104116-1 / 978-0-14-104116-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin
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April 2009 : UK Hardback

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-241-14449-3 / 978-0-241-14449-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
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November 2008 : UK Leather Bound

Title: The Big Sleep: Bill Amberg for Penguin Classics
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
1652 : UK Hardback
October 2002 : USA Hardback
September 2002 : USA Hardback
March 2002 : USA Hardback
November 1993 : USA Hardback
January 1992 : UK Hardback

Title: Big Sleep (Windsor Selections S.)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-86220-470-4 / 978-0-86220-470-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Press
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November 1989 : USA Hardback
July 1988 : USA Library Binding
June 1988 : 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
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June 1986 : USA Hardback
June 1986 : USA Hardback
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.
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October 1967 : UK Hardback
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August 2022 : USA Paperback
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Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: Independently published
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August 2021 : UK Paperback
June 2020 : Paperback
July 2018 : USA Paperback
June 2011 : UK Paperback
September 2016 : UK Paperback

Title: The Big Sleep (Phillip Marlowe)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-241-98063-1 / 978-0-241-98063-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin
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November 2015 : USA Paperback

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 1-5191-5026-1 / 978-1-5191-5026-4 (USA edition)
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August 2014 : UK Paperback
July 2013 : Paperback

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 8087830385 / 978-8087830383
Publisher: Important Books
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December 2012 : USA Paperback
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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
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September 2011 : UK Paperback
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Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-241-96048-7 / 978-0-241-96048-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin
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Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 1-60444-518-1 / 978-1-60444-518-3 (USA edition)
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March 2010 : UK Paperback

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-14-139992-9 / 978-0-14-139992-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin
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September 2009 : UK Paperback

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-14-104838-7 / 978-0-14-104838-3 (UK edition)
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Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-14-103759-8 / 978-0-14-103759-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin
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February 2000 : UK Paperback
May 2000 : Paperback
June 1999 : USA Paperback
December 1994 : Paperback
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
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July 1988 : USA Paperback
December 1991 : UK Paperback

Title: The Big Sleep (Penguin authentic texts)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler, David Crystal, Derek Strange
ISBN: 0-14-081335-7 / 978-0-14-081335-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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December 1989 : USA Paperback
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
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1988 : USA Paperback
September 1986 : UK Paperback

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-330-25836-2 / 978-0-330-25836-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Pan
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June 1979 : UK Paperback
June 1978 : UK Paperback

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Unknown
ISBN: 0-14-000652-4 / 978-0-14-000652-0 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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April 1978 : USA Paperback
1976 : USA Paperback
July 1973 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0-345-24565-2 / 978-0-345-24565-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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June 1973 : USA Mass Market Paperback
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.
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1968 : Paperback
1967 : Mass Market Paperback
Audio Editions
December 2020 : USA Audio edition

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Ian Rankin
Publisher: Penguin Audio
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Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Ian Rankin
Publisher: Penguin Audio
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Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Ian Rankin
Publisher: Penguin Audio
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December 2020 : USA Audio edition

Title: The Big Sleep: Philip Marlowe, Book 1
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: Random House Audio
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Title: The Big Sleep: Philip Marlowe, Book 1
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
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Title: The Big Sleep: Philip Marlowe, Book 1
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: Random House Audio
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November 2019 : Audio CD
August 2015 : USA MP3 CD
April 2014 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe Series, Book 1)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 1-4830-4513-7 / 978-1-4830-4513-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: BBC Worldwide, Ltd.
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April 2014 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Big Sleep: Library Edition
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 1-4830-1720-6 / 978-1-4830-1720-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
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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)
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July 2011 : USA Audio edition

Title: Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Ltd
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Title: Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
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July 2011 : Canada Audio edition

Title: Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Ltd
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July 2011 : UK Audio edition

Title: Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (Dramatised)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
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February 2011 : UK Audio CD
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
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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 Millenium Audio
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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 Millenium Audio
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May 2001 : UK Audio CD
January 1999 : UK Audio Cassette
January 1995 : UK Audio Cassette
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
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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
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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
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Kindle Editions
April 2022 : Australia Kindle edition
November 2021 : USA, Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition
January 2021 : Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Big Sleep (ART STORIA | Literary Classics Annotated Edition)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler, Randy H Sooknanan, Denise K McTighe
Publisher: ART STORIA | Publishing House
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April 2020 : USA, Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition
September 2015 : Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
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Title: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe - Extended Series Book 1)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher:
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February 2015 : Canada Kindle edition
December 2014 : Canada Kindle edition
July 2014 : Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Big Sleep (A Philip Marlowe Mystery Book 1)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: Mustbe Interactive
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April 2014 : Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe Book 1)
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: Parnell Classics
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April 2013 : Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: HarperPerennial Classics
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January 2012 : Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: HarperPerennial Classics
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December 2010 : Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Big Sleep
Author(s): Raymond Chandler
Publisher: Numitor Comun Publishing
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July 2005 : Australia, UK Kindle edition
June 2002 : USA, Canada Kindle edition